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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Police, Defence Vehicles Allowed To Use Multi-Colour Beacons
The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on duty for maintaining law and order, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours.
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VIPs Misusing Police Beacons? PM Modi Has A Plan To Enforce Lal Batti Ban
The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.
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Ban On Red Beacons A Step Towards Ending VIP Culture: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the government's decision of barring the use of red beacons atop vehicles, including that of the Prime Minister, but termed as "laughable" the ruling BJP's attempt to blow the trumpet of morality over it.
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'Every Indian Special, Every Indian A VIP,' Says PM Modi On Lal Batti Ban
Every Indian is a VIP and the culture of beacon should have gone long ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said tonight, hours after deciding to bar their use by the VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers.
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Red Beacon 'Lal Batti' Banned From May 1, PM Modi Says 'Every Indian Is A VIP'
From next month, lal batti or red beacons will be banned for everybody including the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. "There will be no exceptions," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, announcing after a cabinet meeting that only emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and police vans can have beacons.
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Captain Amarinder Singh: A Man On The Mission
Captain Amarinder Singh, the new Chief Minister of Punjab, is a man on a mission. Intent on reviving Congress's fortune, the 75-year-old politician banned the use of red beacons or 'lal battis' from all government vehicles, including his own.
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After Punjab, Congress Minister Wants An End To Lal Battis In Bihar
A Congress minister in Bihar wants his state to follow the footsteps of Punjab. Taking cue from Punjab, a Congress minister in Bihar on Tuesday demanded an end to the use of lal batti or red beacon on the official vehicles of ministers in the state. Punjab Education Minister Ashok Choudhary, who is also state unit chief of the Congress, said, "Yes,...
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Amarinder Singh, Man On A Mission, Bans 'Lal Battis' In Punjab. That Includes The Chief Minister.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered the removal of beacons from all government vehicles, including his own. Mr Singh seems to be a man on a mission to revive the Congress, which has been performing poorly in elections in other states. After getting a majority in Punjab's recently-held assembly elections, the Chief Minister seized the ...
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Shiv Sena Asks For Red Beacon for Mayors' Vehicles: Report
The mayors of major cities should be allowed to use the red beacon on their cars, Shiv Sena has demanded, even as it has lauded the Centre's plan for limiting such a privilege to only nine constitutional dignitaries.
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Arvind Kejriwal, politician, warns corrupt leaders to 'count their days'
"This is your party, not mine," said activist Arvind Kejriwal this evening as he launched his political party in Delhi. The party will be christened on November 26, but its founder shared some of its rules today: it will not allow elected representatives to use government accommodation, security, or the lal batti or red beacons that guarantee right...
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People must sanction prices of essential commodities: Arvind Kejriwal's unnamed party
While launching his political party in Delhi today, activist Arvind Kejriwal outlined some tenets selected, he said, from 20,000 suggestions received from the public. His party, to be christened on November 26, will not allow elected representatives to use government accommodation, security, or the lal batti or red beacons that guarantee right of w...
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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Police, Defence Vehicles Allowed To Use Multi-Colour Beacons
The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on duty for maintaining law and order, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours.
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VIPs Misusing Police Beacons? PM Modi Has A Plan To Enforce Lal Batti Ban
The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.
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Ban On Red Beacons A Step Towards Ending VIP Culture: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the government's decision of barring the use of red beacons atop vehicles, including that of the Prime Minister, but termed as "laughable" the ruling BJP's attempt to blow the trumpet of morality over it.
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'Every Indian Special, Every Indian A VIP,' Says PM Modi On Lal Batti Ban
Every Indian is a VIP and the culture of beacon should have gone long ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said tonight, hours after deciding to bar their use by the VVIPs, including the President, the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers.
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Red Beacon 'Lal Batti' Banned From May 1, PM Modi Says 'Every Indian Is A VIP'
From next month, lal batti or red beacons will be banned for everybody including the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of India. "There will be no exceptions," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, announcing after a cabinet meeting that only emergency vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and police vans can have beacons.
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Captain Amarinder Singh: A Man On The Mission
Captain Amarinder Singh, the new Chief Minister of Punjab, is a man on a mission. Intent on reviving Congress's fortune, the 75-year-old politician banned the use of red beacons or 'lal battis' from all government vehicles, including his own.
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After Punjab, Congress Minister Wants An End To Lal Battis In Bihar
A Congress minister in Bihar wants his state to follow the footsteps of Punjab. Taking cue from Punjab, a Congress minister in Bihar on Tuesday demanded an end to the use of lal batti or red beacon on the official vehicles of ministers in the state. Punjab Education Minister Ashok Choudhary, who is also state unit chief of the Congress, said, "Yes,...
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Amarinder Singh, Man On A Mission, Bans 'Lal Battis' In Punjab. That Includes The Chief Minister.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered the removal of beacons from all government vehicles, including his own. Mr Singh seems to be a man on a mission to revive the Congress, which has been performing poorly in elections in other states. After getting a majority in Punjab's recently-held assembly elections, the Chief Minister seized the ...
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Shiv Sena Asks For Red Beacon for Mayors' Vehicles: Report
The mayors of major cities should be allowed to use the red beacon on their cars, Shiv Sena has demanded, even as it has lauded the Centre's plan for limiting such a privilege to only nine constitutional dignitaries.
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Arvind Kejriwal, politician, warns corrupt leaders to 'count their days'
"This is your party, not mine," said activist Arvind Kejriwal this evening as he launched his political party in Delhi. The party will be christened on November 26, but its founder shared some of its rules today: it will not allow elected representatives to use government accommodation, security, or the lal batti or red beacons that guarantee right...
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People must sanction prices of essential commodities: Arvind Kejriwal's unnamed party
While launching his political party in Delhi today, activist Arvind Kejriwal outlined some tenets selected, he said, from 20,000 suggestions received from the public. His party, to be christened on November 26, will not allow elected representatives to use government accommodation, security, or the lal batti or red beacons that guarantee right of w...
