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THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABAD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 8 TIMES NATION MANTRA Education, A Trusted Name in CBSE 11th - 12th Commerce & Humaniti- es at Vastrapur & Sobo Cen- tre. Jyoti Mam- 9925472057 SWARG Community Care - Baroda a service for Paralysized, Arthritis or permanent care for mobile / immobile elderly. 8511666664 ESCORT Girl Educated Decent Ahmedabad Optn. & relaxation Mob. 9978621106 AWNING ( Folding Shed ) Decorative Fix Fabric shed Awning Repairing SWC Awn- ing , Ambawadi 9825039926,9227539926 LUXURIOUS PG with TV, Fridge, Food, Laundry, RO, WiFi, for M/F separate, AC/ NonAC B C Jain 9712082718, 9327015108 www.jainpg.com ENGLISH M.A. with ex- perience of teaching Liter- ature & Grammar to X CBSE students is required by Guptas' Institute, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad. Salary Rs. 30,000/- per month. Working hrs.: 2-8 P.M. 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I have changed my name Dhara Balvantbhai Patel to Dharaben Rahul Patel A/F-1, New krishnabaug Flat, Ranip, Ahmedabad-382480 PUBLIC Notice:- Notice is hereby given that I/we Push- paben Ramshankar Raval Re- siding at 1, Shree Krishnana- gar Society, Taluka - Jotana, Dist. Mahesana, the legal claimant of the shares regis- tered in the name of the de- ceased Ramshankar Amrut- lal Raval has applied to the company for issue of dupli- cate share certificate and thereafter transmission of shares for 300 equity share of the face value of Rs. 2/- each bearing share certificate No. and distinctive Nos 120703. 6759340 to 6759414, 305226. 147133635 to 147133709, 412477. 584795292 to 584795441 Of Larsen & Toubro Limited. Any person who has any claim in respect of the afore- said shares should write to the Registrars of M/s. Karvy Computershare Private Li- mited. Karvy selenium Tower B, Plot 31-32, Gachibowli, Fi- nancial District, Hyderabad- 500032 within one month from this date, else the Com- pany will proceed to trans- mission of shares as re- quested. (Name of Appli- cant(s) Raval Pushpaben Ramshankar MY name Mansuri Mohme- duzzaif Usmangani to Man- suri Uzzaif Usmangani 2 cen- tury flats Paldi Ahmedabad. REQUIRES IELTS/ PTE/ Spoken English Faculty for a reputed educational firm Mob. 8460733823 POZITIVE Energy, A UK based energy company is hir- ing for Sales Executives and Backend Support staff. Key Skills: Fluent in English, Good Sales & Communication Skills, Should be career oriented and Professional. Call on 079 48944890 or Walk in from 12 pm - 8 pm from Mon -Sat with your Resume: 202, Sigma 2, Behind Bon Homie Restaurant, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. www.pozitive.energy REQUIRE B.Com/ M.Com/ BBA (Eng. Medium), Good knowledge of Excel, 1 Year Exp. [email protected] 9879590250 NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that the Certificate (s) for 60 Equity Shares Nos. 120687 Dist.: no. 35406443- 35406502 of Ultratech Cement Limited standing in the name (s) of Late- Ramshankar Am- ritlal Raval has/ have been lost or mislaid and the under- signed has / have applied to the Company to issue dupli- cate Certificate (s) for the said shares. Any person who has any claim in respect of the said shares should write to our Registrar, M/S. Karvy Computershare private Li- mited. Karvy Selenium Tower B, Plot 31-32, Gachi- bowli, Financial District, Hyderabad- 500032 within one month from this date else the company will proceed to is- sues duplicate Certificate (s). Name (s) of Shareholder (s) Raval Pushpaben Ramshankar MATHS 11th -12th, Coach- ing for School Board, JEE Main, NATA - BITSAT for Admission. Call : 9428403104 Mansi Circle, A'bad. I have change My Name from Mohemadsamir Mohemad- rafik to Ansari Mohemad- samir Mohemadrafik, 43, Bara Sancha ni Chali, Sar- aspur, A’bad. REQUIRED A fast growing pvt. ltd company Area Sales Manager - 5 for business ex- pansion. Candidate should be Graduate English must. age - 25-35 Salary no bar for right candidate M : 09016202211 Email : [email protected] TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The income tax de- partment has stepped up its drive to launch criminal prosecution against alleged offenders by initi- ating 570 cases, which is three ti- mes higher than last year. This has also put pressure on other evaders, resulting in at least 1,200 applications from accused see- king mercy under compounding of offences rules with several of them approaching authorities post-demonetisation. A senior income tax (I-T) offi- cial said the department has filed as many as 570 prosecution cases in the last one year (till January 2017) against alleged offenders caught laundering money and evading taxes, compared to 196 ca- ses filed in different courts across the country in the previous finan- cial year (2015-16). Under I-T laws, a court convic- tion for tax offences can lead to im- prisonment of up to seven years in addition to fine and interest and penalty on the tax evaded. The de- partment has been taking up ca- ses of money laundering serious- ly and has asked officials to file prosecution complaints against entities who refuse to own up the- ir money despite enough eviden- ces based on banking data obtai- ned on deposits made after demo- netisation. The department is hopeful of filing more cases as the post-de- monetisation data obtained from banks are still being analysed. In the Karnataka and Goa region, the tax department had recently issued over 850 prosecution noti- ces to firms in the private and go- vernment domain on charges of delay in remitting TDS funds to the exchequer. In some high profi- le cases, the department has also launched prosecution against po- liticians. One such case is that of an MLA from Telengana where unaccounted income is to the tu- ne of Rs 500 crore. In a number of cases, the accu- sed in black money cases have op- ted to surrender their unaccoun- ted income under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY) available till March 31. Three Times Higher Than Last Year Taxmen launch prosecution against over 500 offenders This has also put pressure on other evaders, resulting in at least 1,200 applications from accused seeking mercy under compounding of offences rules Vishwa.Mohan@timesgroup.com New Delhi: The government on Tuesday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha, seeking to speed up the inter-state river water dis- pute resolution process by set- ting up a single permanent tri- bunal whose order will be final and binding on the states. Instead of having multi- ple tribunals under existing law, the bill makes a provision of a single permanent tribu- nal with multiple benches. The tribunal will have a fixed time period to resolve the dis- pute, unlike the existing ones. Once the proposed legisla- tion is enacted, the Inter-State River Water Disputes Tribunal will subsume all the existing tribunals. The bill was introdu- ced in the backdrop of linge- ring disputes over river water sharing among many states. The Inter-State River Wa- ter Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which was introdu- ced by water resources mini- ster Uma Bharti in the LS, al- so proposes to introduce a me- chanism to resolve the water dispute amicably by negotia- tions through a ‘dispute reso- lution committee’ (DRC) befo- re such disputes are referred to the tribunal. BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab said, “Since water is a state subject, I would also ask the government whether it has consulted all the 29 states before drafting it”. Bharti, ho- wever, said the Centre was ve- ry much within its rights to in- troduce such a bill under Arti- cle 262 of the Constitution. Soon, only one tribunal to resolve all river rows? SPEEDING UP DISPUTE RESOLUTION A single permanent tribunal to be set up, subsuming all eight existing ones Single tribunal will have multiple benches Centre to set up a Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC), having experts from relevant fields, in case of any dispute DRC will try to resolve dispute within one year through negotiations (Tenure of DRC may be extended for six month) Tribunal will be approached only when DRC fails to settle the dispute Water dispute will have to be settled in maximum four- and-a-half years of time (At present, there is no time limit for adjudication by a tribunal) A transparent data collection system at national level for each river basin A single agency to maintain data bank and information system Guwahati: Forty-six Muslim cler- ics in Assam have issued a fatwa against aspiring singer Nahid Afrin, the first runner-up in the 2015 season of TV show ‘Indian Idol Ju- nior’. Police suspect the fatwa is a reaction to Nahid’s recent songs against terrorism, particularly the terrorist organisation Islamic State. Leaflets bearing the fatwa in Assamese were distributed in the state on Tuesday. According to the fatwa, a programme where Nahid is scheduled to perform on the Uda- li Sonai Bibi College grounds at Lanka on March 25 was also against the Sharia. “If anti-Sharia acts like musical nights are held on grounds sur- rounded by masjids, idgahs, ma- drassas and graveyards, our future generations will attract the wrath of Allah,” it said. The young singer, a resident of Biswanath Chariali who studies in Class X, broke down on hearing the news. “I am speechless. I never thought this could ever happen to me. I think my music is God’s gift to me. I will never bow down to it (such warnings) and will never leave singing,” she said. Her mother add- ed, “The organisers of the musical night told us the programme on March 25 will not be cancelled. She has another performance lined up in Karimganj on March 28.” Police said Nahid and her fam- ily will be provided security. ADG (special branch) Pallab Bhatta- charya said, “Leaflets were distrib- uted by unidentified people and we are trying to verify contents. Nahid recently sang a few songs against terrorism and the IS and had ap- pealed for peace and harmony. We are looking at this angle as well.” Fatwa against Indian Idol Jr contestant & singer Afrin TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Washrooms of south Delhi hotels, restaurants and eateries will turn into public toilets from next month, with anyone willing to pay up to Rs 5 getting access to these facilities. Taking this decision, the south Delhi municipal corpora- tion (SDMC) said the move would make more than 4,000 toi- lets accessible to the public. The civic body said it would enforce the rule by adding a provision to this effect in the health trade li- cences issued to these establish- ments. “The license has a condition that the corporation can modify it any time. The move will be par- ticularly beneficial for women who face problems due to lack of toilets in marketplaces,” SDMC commissioner Puneet Kumar Goel told TOI. The restaurants, however, re- acted with scepticism, with the trade association saying it was wrong to force the move on them. “It violates our basic right to keep the rights to admission re- served. Besides, it will also raise issues regarding security,” said Riyaaz Amlani, president of the Restaurants Association of In- dia said. Civic officials said lieutenant governor Anil Baijal had ad- vised the SDMC to explore the possibility of opening up toilets in restaurants and hotels for the general public. Thereafter, the decision was taken after consul- tations. The restaurant association said it would study the details of the move before planning its course of action. “I appreciate the intent behind the move. Even now, people don’t have to buy food to use our toilets. But forc- ing it on private enterprises is wrong. We will look at the details to see whether our fundamental rights of admission and security are being violated,” Amlani said. The south corporation has is- sued 4,586 health trade licenses to establishments which include hotels and restaurants. “Many of these places are small and do not have toilets. But more than 4,000 of them have toilets which will be opened for public use without any burden on tax-pay- ers,” Goel said. Under the new rules, estab- lishments may provide the facili- ty for free. But they wouldn’t be allowed to charge more than Rs 5 from each user. “Maintenance charges in restaurants usually vary de- pending on the restaurant but we have decided to keep it at Rs 5 oth- erwise people from the lower eco- nomic groups would not be able to use the facilities,” he added. The restaurants will also have to “prominently display” the fact that toilet facilities are available in their establishment. Pay and pee at any S Delhi restaurant from next month GOOD OR BAD STEP? Bad, burdens restaurants with service municipality should be providing Good, will help overcome shortage of public toilets 46% 54% 13,500 responses on timesofindia.com at 11pm Paras.Singh@timesgroup.com Bengaluru: A 43-year-old BJP leader and RSS activist was hacked to death near Bomma- sandra, south-east Bengaluru, early on Tuesday morning. This is the seventh person from the Sangh Parivar to be al- legedly murdered in Karnataka. The opposition BJP went on the war path, blaming the murders on the Congress government’s ineptness. Srinivas Prasad alias Kitta- ganahalli Vasu, resident of Kit- taganahalli and member of the Bommanahalli town municipal council, left home in his Toyota Innova at around 5am after re- ceiving a call. He was attacked later by five armed men near BTL College on Hosur Road. The assailants wielded daggers, ma- chetes, knives and other sharp objects. They hacked away at Prasad, whose cries for help drew the personnel manning the nearby Chandapura toll booth. The attackers fled when the toll booth staffers came run- nning. Vasu died instantly. Police sources said the at- tack was so brutal that a dagger stuck in Prasad’s chest had to be cut away using a hacksaw blade during the post mortem. His body bore at least 15 injuries and his lungs were ripped apart, sources said. Prasad is survived by his parents, wife, a 11-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son. His election as town municipal council president had been stayed by the court after his op- ponents raised a dispute over reservation for the post. BJP leader hacked to death in Bengaluru TIMES NEWS NETWORK This is the seventh person from the Sangh Parivar to be allegedly murdered in Karnataka

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THE TIMES OF INDIA, AHMEDABADWEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 20178 TIMES NATION

MANTRA Education, ATrusted Name in CBSE 11th -12th Commerce & Humaniti-es at Vastrapur & Sobo Cen-tre. Jyoti Mam- 9925472057

SWARG Community Care -Baroda a service for Paralysized, Arthritis or permanent care for mobile /immobile elderly. 8511666664

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ENGLISH M.A. with ex-perience of teaching Liter-ature & Grammar to X CBSEstudents is required byGuptas' Institute, Bodakdev,Ahmedabad. Salary Rs.30,000/- per month. Workinghrs.: 2-8 P.M. Apply:[email protected]

ONLINE Academy-SpokenEnglish IELTS Sitting athome office English conver-sation on Skype Conferenc-ing Specialised since 1995Anandnagar Satellite. M:9327063737 www.englishacademyahemedabad.com

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AVAILABLE on Rent 1100sq ft modern fully furnishednew office in MondealHeights, Opp Karnavati ClubSG Rd 9375951299

I Shah Hardik Ashwin havechanged my son's name fromShail Hardik Shah to AaravHardik Shah. 123, Tapovansociety, Ahmedabad.

PERSONAL Chemistry tui-tions 11&12th All boards.20%higher score for sincere stu-dents No muggingM:.9327084342

SOLAR Power Multi-national Company At Bodak-dev Ahmedabad Wanted -Marketing Executive,Graphic Designer, Solar Engineer, Dealer/Agent -Part Time / Full Time Tel: +91 079-48905999 Email - [email protected]

NEED experienced Sales &Technical Support guys forPromoting Water TreatmentSolutions for Fisheries & Shr-imp farming Industry. Applyto [email protected]

AVAIL Flexi & Big Loan 10Cr. & Above - No Limits Int. @4% to 6 % P.A. (D U) Secured& Unsecured Fundingagainst Turnkey Projects,Property, Business, Bank In-strument, Third Party Col-lateral, Binding Properties,Shares, In- Units & Take Over.ID: [email protected]: 09840904422.

I have changed my nameSaumil Pradipkumar Thakorto Saumil PradipkumarMajmudar C/204, SunOptima, Bopal, Ahmedabad.

I have changed my nameDhara Balvantbhai Patel toDharaben Rahul Patel A/F-1,New krishnabaug Flat,Ranip, Ahmedabad-382480

PUBLIC Notice:- Notice ishereby given that I/we Push-paben Ramshankar Raval Re-siding at 1, Shree Krishnana-gar Society, Taluka - Jotana,Dist. Mahesana, the legalclaimant of the shares regis-tered in the name of the de-ceased Ramshankar Amrut-lal Raval has applied to thecompany for issue of dupli-cate share certificate andthereafter transmission ofshares for 300 equity share ofthe face value of Rs. 2/- eachbearing share certificate No.and distinctive Nos 120703.6759340 to 6759414, 305226.147133635 to 147133709,412477. 584795292 to 584795441Of Larsen & Toubro Limited.Any person who has anyclaim in respect of the afore-said shares should write tothe Registrars of M/s. KarvyComputershare Private Li-mited. Karvy selenium TowerB, Plot 31-32, Gachibowli, Fi-nancial District, Hyderabad-500032 within one monthfrom this date, else the Com-pany will proceed to trans-mission of shares as re-quested. (Name of Appli-cant(s) Raval PushpabenRamshankar

MY name Mansuri Mohme-duzzaif Usmangani to Man-suri Uzzaif Usmangani 2 cen-tury flats Paldi Ahmedabad.

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NOTICE: Notice is herebygiven that the Certificate (s)for 60 Equity Shares Nos.120687 Dist.: no. 35406443-35406502 of Ultratech CementLimited standing in the name(s) of Late- Ramshankar Am-ritlal Raval has/ have beenlost or mislaid and the under-signed has / have applied tothe Company to issue dupli-cate Certificate (s) for thesaid shares. Any person whohas any claim in respect ofthe said shares should writeto our Registrar, M/S. KarvyComputershare private Li-mited. Karvy SeleniumTower B, Plot 31-32, Gachi-bowli, Financial District,Hyderabad- 500032 within onemonth from this date else thecompany will proceed to is-sues duplicate Certificate (s).Name (s) of Shareholder(s) Raval PushpabenRamshankar

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TIMESNEWSNETWORK

New Delhi: The income tax de-partment has stepped up its driveto launch criminal prosecutionagainst alleged offenders by initi-ating 570 cases, which is three ti-mes higher than last year. Thishas also put pressure on otherevaders, resulting in at least 1,200applications from accused see-king mercy under compoundingof offences rules with several ofthem approaching authoritiespost-demonetisation.

A senior income tax (I-T) offi-cial said the department has filedas many as 570 prosecution casesin the last one year (till January2017) against alleged offenders

caught laundering money andevading taxes, compared to 196 ca-ses filed in different courts acrossthe country in the previous finan-cial year (2015-16).

Under I-T laws, a court convic-tion for tax offences can lead to im-prisonment of up to seven yearsin addition to fine and interest andpenalty on the tax evaded. The de-partment has been taking up ca-ses of money laundering serious-ly and has asked officials to fileprosecution complaints againstentities who refuse to own up the-

ir money despite enough eviden-ces based on banking data obtai-ned on deposits made after demo-netisation.

The department is hopeful offiling more cases as the post-de-monetisation data obtained frombanks are still being analysed. Inthe Karnataka and Goa region,the tax department had recentlyissued over 850 prosecution noti-ces to firms in the private and go-vernment domain on charges ofdelay in remitting TDS funds tothe exchequer. In some high profi-le cases, the department has alsolaunched prosecution against po-liticians. One such case is that ofan MLA from Telengana whereunaccounted income is to the tu-ne of Rs 500 crore.

In a number of cases, the accu-sed in black money cases have op-ted to surrender their unaccoun-ted income under the PradhanMantri Garib Kalyan Yojna(PMGKY) available till March 31.

Three TimesHigher Than

Last Year

Taxmen launch prosecutionagainst over 500 offenders

This has also putpressure on otherevaders, resulting inat least 1,200applications fromaccused seekingmercy undercompounding ofoffences rules

[email protected]

New Delhi: The governmenton Tuesday introduced a bill inLok Sabha, seeking to speed upthe inter-state river water dis-pute resolution process by set-ting up a single permanent tri-bunal whose order will be finaland binding on the states.

Instead of having multi-ple tribunals under existinglaw, the bill makes a provisionof a single permanent tribu-nal with multiple benches.The tribunal will have a fixedtime period to resolve the dis-pute, unlike the existing ones.

Once the proposed legisla-tion is enacted, the Inter-StateRiver Water Disputes Tribunalwill subsume all the existingtribunals. The bill was introdu-ced in the backdrop of linge-

ring disputes over river watersharing among many states.

The Inter-State River Wa-ter Disputes (Amendment)Bill, 2017, which was introdu-ced by water resources mini-ster Uma Bharti in the LS, al-so proposes to introduce a me-chanism to resolve the waterdispute amicably by negotia-tions through a ‘dispute reso-lution committee’ (DRC) befo-re such disputes are referredto the tribunal.

BJD member BhartruhariMahtab said, “Since water is astate subject, I would also askthe government whether ithas consulted all the 29 statesbefore drafting it”. Bharti, ho-wever, said the Centre was ve-ry much within its rights to in-troduce such a bill under Arti-cle 262 of the Constitution.

Soon, only onetribunal to resolve

all river rows?SPEEDING UP DISPUTE RESOLUTION

➤ A single permanent tribunal to be set up, subsuming all eight existing ones

➤ Single tribunal will have multiple benches

➤ Centre to set up a DisputeResolution Committee (DRC),having experts from relevant fields, in case of any dispute

➤ DRC will try to resolve dispute within one year through negotiations (Tenure of DRC may be extended for six month)

➤ Tribunal will be approached only when DRC fails to settle the dispute

➤ Water dispute will have to

be settled in maximum four-and-a-half years of time(At present, there is no time limit for adjudication by a tribunal)

➤ A transparent data collection system at national level for each river basin

➤ A single agency to maintain data bank andinformation system

Guwahati: Forty-six Muslim cler-ics in Assam have issued a fatwaagainst aspiring singer NahidAfrin, the first runner-up in the 2015season of TV show ‘Indian Idol Ju-nior’. Police suspect the fatwa is areaction to Nahid’s recent songsagainst terrorism, particularly theterrorist organisation IslamicState. Leaflets bearing the fatwa inAssamese were distributed in thestate on Tuesday. According to thefatwa, a programme where Nahidis scheduled to perform on the Uda-li Sonai Bibi College grounds atLanka on March 25 was alsoagainst the Sharia.

“If anti-Sharia acts like musicalnights are held on grounds sur-rounded by masjids, idgahs, ma-drassas and graveyards, our futuregenerations will attract the wrathof Allah,” it said.

The young singer, a resident ofBiswanath Chariali who studies inClass X, broke down on hearing thenews. “I am speechless. I neverthought this could ever happen tome. I think my music is God’s gift tome. I will never bow down to it (suchwarnings) and will never leavesinging,” she said. Her mother add-ed, “The organisers of the musicalnight told us the programme onMarch 25 will not be cancelled. Shehas another performance lined upin Karimganj on March 28.”

Police said Nahid and her fam-ily will be provided security. ADG(special branch) Pallab Bhatta-charya said, “Leaflets were distrib-uted by unidentified people and weare trying to verify contents. Nahidrecently sang a few songs againstterrorism and the IS and had ap-pealed for peace and harmony. Weare looking at this angle as well.”

Fatwa againstIndian Idol Jrcontestant &singer Afrin

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Washrooms ofsouth Delhi hotels, restaurantsand eateries will turn into publictoilets from next month, withanyone willing to pay up to Rs 5getting access to these facilities.

Taking this decision, thesouth Delhi municipal corpora-tion (SDMC) said the movewould make more than 4,000 toi-lets accessible to the public. Thecivic body said it would enforcethe rule by adding a provision tothis effect in the health trade li-cences issued to these establish-ments.

“The license has a conditionthat the corporation can modifyit any time. The move will be par-ticularly beneficial for womenwho face problems due to lack oftoilets in marketplaces,” SDMCcommissioner Puneet KumarGoel told TOI.

The restaurants, however, re-acted with scepticism, with thetrade association saying it waswrong to force the move on them.“It violates our basic right tokeep the rights to admission re-served. Besides, it will also raiseissues regarding security,” saidRiyaaz Amlani, president of theRestaurants Association of In-dia said.

Civic officials said lieutenantgovernor Anil Baijal had ad-vised the SDMC to explore thepossibility of opening up toiletsin restaurants and hotels for thegeneral public. Thereafter, thedecision was taken after consul-tations.

The restaurant associationsaid it would study the details ofthe move before planning itscourse of action. “I appreciatethe intent behind the move. Even

now, people don’t have to buyfood to use our toilets. But forc-ing it on private enterprises iswrong. We will look at the detailsto see whether our fundamentalrights of admission and securityare being violated,” Amlani said.

The south corporation has is-sued 4,586 health trade licensesto establishments which includehotels and restaurants. “Manyof these places are small and donot have toilets. But more than4,000 of them have toilets whichwill be opened for public usewithout any burden on tax-pay-ers,” Goel said.

Under the new rules, estab-lishments may provide the facili-ty for free. But they wouldn’t beallowed to charge more than Rs 5from each user.

“Maintenance charges inrestaurants usually vary de-pending on the restaurant but wehave decided to keep it at Rs 5 oth-erwise people from the lower eco-nomic groups would not be ableto use the facilities,” he added.

The restaurants will alsohave to “prominently display”the fact that toilet facilities areavailable in their establishment.

Pay and pee at anyS Delhi restaurantfrom next month

GOOD OR BAD STEP?Bad, burdens restaurants with service municipality should be providing

Good, will help overcome shortage of public toilets

46% 54%

13,500 responses on timesofindia.com at 11pm

[email protected]

Bengaluru: A 43-year-old BJPleader and RSS activist washacked to death near Bomma-sandra, south-east Bengaluru,early on Tuesday morning.

This is the seventh personfrom the Sangh Parivar to be al-legedly murdered in Karnataka.The opposition BJP went on thewar path, blaming the murderson the Congress government’sineptness.

Srinivas Prasad alias Kitta-ganahalli Vasu, resident of Kit-taganahalli and member of theBommanahalli town municipalcouncil, left home in his ToyotaInnova at around 5am after re-ceiving a call. He was attackedlater by five armed men nearBTL College on Hosur Road. Theassailants wielded daggers, ma-chetes, knives and other sharpobjects. They hacked away atPrasad, whose cries for helpdrew the personnel manningthe nearby Chandapura tollbooth. The attackers fled whenthe toll booth staffers came run-nning. Vasu died instantly.

Police sources said the at-tack was so brutal that a daggerstuck in Prasad’s chest had to becut away using a hacksaw bladeduring the post mortem. Hisbody bore at least 15 injuries andhis lungs were ripped apart,sources said. Prasad is survivedby his parents, wife, a 11-year-olddaughter and 6-year-old son. Hiselection as town municipalcouncil president had beenstayed by the court after his op-ponents raised a dispute overreservation for the post.

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This is the seventhperson from theSangh Parivar to beallegedly murderedin Karnataka

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