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1 ! " !# $ "%& # '( ) * "(++# , - "(+(# , ) "((.# , "( # ) "(/.# $ % 0 1 2 34 5)67 Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday onceagain targeted Samajwadi Partychief Akhilesh Yadav in thepoll-bound Uttar Pradesh andexpressed outrage over themisuse of the country sresources, money and timeduring the regime of the thrust of the PM sspeech at the inauguration ofthe Saryu Nahar Rashtriya pro-ject was two fold: Damning thepast Governments and show-case Yogi Adityanath s BJPregime as an example of posi-tive change that has ended thereign of bahubalis.))))

2 Claiming that the differ-ence is clear before the peoplebetween the previousGovernments in Uttar Pradeshand the present efficient rule ofYogi, the PM said no criminalcan dare to enter UP taking the nameof any political party, the PMcontinued his tirade against theOpposition and blamed themfor delaying the projects leading to escalation of costsand problems for the a big publicmeeting here on Saturday afterinaugurating the 9,800 croreproject in the presence of UttarPradesh Governor AnandibenPatel, Yogi, Union Jal ShaktiMinister Gajendra SinghShekhawat and several otherUnion and State Ministers, thePM claimed that this projectwill widely benefit the smalland marginal farmers who hastwo hectare of out at the previousGovernments in UP, Modisaid, Those who were in theGovernment earlier used to getillegal occupation of the landhere.

3 But today such a mafiawas being fined and bulldozerswere going on their illegalproperties. Those who were in theGovernment earlier used topromote the bahubalis. Buttoday Yogi s Government isengaged in empowering thepoor, downtrodden, backwardand tribals. That s why thepeople of UP say the differ-ence is clear, he further said, Thosewho were in the Governmentearlier used to give protectionto the mafia. But today Yogi sGovernment is busy cleaningup the mafias. The PM said utilising thewater of the country s rivers,adequate water reaching thefarmers fields, and it is one ofthe top priorities of theGovernment.

4 The completionof the Saryu Canal NationalProject is proof that when thethinking is honest, the work isalso strong, he added. When work on this pro-ject started, its cost was lessthan 100 crore. But today ithas been completed afterspending about 10,000 country has already paid100 times more for the negli-gence of the governments, hesaid. )87 !839 Farmers on Saturday broughtthe curtain down on theirhistoric protests and begantheir journey home fromSinghu, Tikri and Ghazipurborders in Delhi after disman-tling their tents and otherstructures, taking with them avictory to cherish and memo-ries of one of the most suc-cessful sieges in the modernhistory of farmers protestsalong Delhi s of the large convoyof tractor trolleys and othervehicles, traffic jams were wit-nessed at many places onDelhi-Haryana national high-way and other roads.

5 An air-craft showered flower petals onthe farmers as they reached theShambhu border (Punjab-Haryana border). The aircraftwas arranged by a non-residentindian (NRI).In the midst of packing upand dismantling the protestsites, the farmers danced, per-formed ardas (prayers) and havan , and held langar. Invideos and photos, farmerswere seen dancing, wavinggreen and white flags as theyrode tractors and bedecked withcolourful lights rolled out of theprotest sites blaring songs ofvictory while the elderly flaunt-ed their colourful turbans anddanced with evening, less than aquarter of the protesters wereleft at the Singhu , at the Ghazipur bor-der, the process of dismantlingshelters was in full swing.

6 Butthe protesting farmers said thesite will be completely vacatedby December 15 decorated withflowers and colourful lights andsporting the national flag andfarmer bodies flags were play-ing Punjabi victory and patri-otic songs while frequentchants of Bole So Nihal, Sat SriAkal rent the air. Tractor trol-leys were carrying cots, mat-tresses, utensils and otherbelongings that the farmers hadcarried with them during Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said onSaturday, There is no substi-tute for patience, courage andunity. Only with brotherhoodand unity can the countrymove forward.

7 This unity of thefarmers was their biggeststrength. My salute to thestrong will and vitality of thefarmers who are returninghome from today after theirhistoric victory. The headquarters of theSamyukta Kisan Morcha(SKM)at Singhu border wore a deserted look on Saturday asthe farmers protesting the farmlaws began their journey homefollowing a successful culmination of their year-longsit-in. )87 !839 In an effort to sustain thetempo of self-reliance inniche technology, Indian sci-entists on Saturday conductedrocket launchers and heli-copter-fired anti-tank missilestests successfully.

8 The Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) carried out these testsat Pokharan ranges details of the Pinakarocket launcher, officials saidthe test included the extendedrange of the rockets, area denialmunitions (ADM) and indige-nously developed fuses. ThePinaka-ER multi barrel rocketlauncher system is jointlydesigned by laboratories of theDRDO, Armament Researchand DevelopmentEstablishment, Pune, and HighEnergy Materials ResearchLaboratory, DRDO, along withthe Army, conducted a series ofperformance evaluation trialsof these industry-producedrockets at field firing rangesduring the last three days.

9 Inthese trials, enhanced rangePinaka rockets were test-firedat different ranges with variouswarhead the trial objectives weremet satisfactorily. 24 rocketswere fired for different rangesand warhead capabilities tomeet the objectives of accura-cy and consistency. With this,the initial phase of technologyabsorption of Pinaka-ER by theindustry partner has success-fully been completed, makingthe industry partner ready forseries production of the rock-et Pinaka-ER is theupgraded version of the earli-er Pinaka version which hasbeen in service with the IndianArmy for the last decade.

10 The system has beendesigned in the light of emerg-ing requirements withadvanced technologies enhanc-ing the range. ,47%9% Football legend DiegoMaradona s watch, alleged-ly stolen in Dubai, was recov-ered from assam s Sivasagardistrict on Saturday morning,following which a person wasarrested, police accused person wasworking as a security guard ata company in Dubai in UAEthat was storing the belongingsof the late Argentinian foot-baller, they accused is suspected tobe involved in the theft of a safein which the limited editionHublot watch was also kept,Director General of PoliceBhaskar Jyoti Mahanta working for a fewdays at the company.