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RAHUL DUTTA n NEW DELHI he security establishment in price: Modi TIndia is mulling over options to avenge the killing of PNS n NEW DELHI internationally, thinks such 44 CRPF personnel in a suicide terror attacks can destabilise us, attack in Pulwama on rime Minister Narendra but their plans will not mate- Thursday. The Services Chiefs PModi on Friday said those rialise,” Modi said. briefed the political leadership responsible for the Pulwama “My condolences to fami- on Friday about their pre- terror attack will pay “a very lies of those martyred in paredness to carry out any heavy price” and security forces Pulwama attack; those behind punitive strikes. The options will be given a free hand to deal the terror strike will pay a very include cross-border raids or with terrorists. In a hard-hitting heavy price,” Modi said. surgical strikes on terrorist speech, Modi said the “blood of “I am thankful to all infrastructure in Pakistan the people is boiling” and nations which condemned the Occupied Kashmir (POK), air forces behind the act of ter- Pulwama attack and I urge strikes to destroy camps of rorism will definitely be them to come together to crush well-known terror outfits, or punished. terrorism,” he said. something more “deterring”. “I want to tell the terror Appealing to his critics to However, none of these outfits and those aiding and not politicise the tragedy, Modi options are easy for want of ele- abetting them that they have said the attacks have left the ment of surprise, and inclement made a big mistake. They will country emotional. “I under- weather conditions. have to pay a very heavy price stand the sentiments of those Determined to punish the for their actions. Let me assure criticising us but I urge them perpetrators, officials said the the nation that those behind that it is an emotional time, so Government has also not ruled this attack, the perpetrators of stay away from political one- out opting for an unconven- this attack will be punished,” upmanship,” he said. tional response which may not Modi said at a function to flag Addressing a public meet- entail using military option. off the Vande Bharat Express, ing in Jhansi later in the day, the These options could include India’s fastest train from Delhi PM again did not name intelligence-based action which Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the martyred CRPF jawans, who lost their lives in Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, after their mortal remains were brought at AFS Palam in New Delhi on Friday PTI to Varanasi. He was speaking Pakistan but said the attack was may be covert in nature. Also, just after the Cabinet meeting. an outcome of the neighbour’s the retaliation by India may not Officials also admitted that “Security forces have been desperation as it is in a bad come soon as the decision surprise element as regards Pak stripped of given complete freedom, the shape and has been forced to go makers will weigh all conse- surgical strikes this time unlike Pak’s Abdul Rasheed brains; blood of the people is boil- to different countries with a quences before launching any two years back is not there, and Most Favoured ing...Our neighbouring coun- “begging bowl” to meet even its punitive action, officials said. the Pakistan Army will be fully try, which has been isolated daily expenses. The Cabinet Committee geared to thwart any such Nation status on Security (CCS) chaired by move. The Pakistan Army is 40 biker-fidayeen on prowl Prime Minister Narendra Modi now deployed in full strength PNS n NEW DELHI INDIA BRIEFS 25 on Friday took stock of the sit- along the LoC and swift raids RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI active in South Kashmir. units to be on highest alert to Exclusive passage uation in the wake of the attack by the Indians may not be pro- alking tough after an Inputs also suggest motor- avoid any untoward incident. NATIONS ON PAK and options to be exercised, ductive, they added. Tunprecedented terror attack day after the deadly strike cycle-borne fidayeen could be Constant liaison must be main- for force convoys, n a major diplomatic sources said. Modi later said in On using air power, be it on security forces in Kashmir Aon a CRPF convoy that on the prowl in the Valley, a tained with the local police and Ioffensive against Pakistan a public rally here that the secu- helicopters or fighter jets, to that killed 44 CRPF jawans on took lives of 44 paramilitary reason why convoy movement other intelligence agencies for after the Pulwama terror rity forces were given a free take out terrorist camps of Thursday, the Government on jawans, the security agencies was banned across Kashmir by sharing of information and crackdown on ISI attack, India on Friday held hand for the job at a place and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Friday removed “Most have identified Jaish-e- the State police. coordinate action. Any signif- a briefing for envoys of 25 timing of their choosing. Muridke in POK, officials Favoured Nation” (MNF) priv- Mohammad (JeM) comman- “The chatter inputs reveal icant information in this regard funding ordered countries, including from P5 Elaborating upon various said — India has the weapons ilege accorded to Pakistan. der Abdul Rasheed as the mas- that Jaish-e-Mohammad has should be immediately inti- nations, to highlight alternatives, sources in the and capability such an action All steps will be taken to termind of the Pulwama terror hinted to carry out IED attacks mated to all concerned,” read MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU Pakistan’s role in using ter- security establishment said across the border — may be ensure the neighbouring coun- attack. along the routes of security the alert. rorism as an instrument of while surgical strikes by the construed as an act of war and try’s isolation globally, the Pakistani national Rasheed forces across Jammu & The J&K Police had on nnouncing a massive state policy. elite Special Forces are on the also lead to escalation of hos- Government said after the is suspected to have been Kashmir. It is as such suggest- February 8 issued an alert ask- Acrackdown on those table, it may be difficult at this tilities between India and Cabinet Committee on trained in Afghanistan. An ed that security forces need to ing the CRPF to sanitise area of accepting funds from the point of time due to inclement Pakistan. Taking these factors Security (CCS) met here to IED expert, he is suspected to put on alert to thwart any such deployment. “Before occupying Pakistan’s Inter-Services ALL-PARTY MEET weather along the Line of into consideration, the review the situation following have planned the terror attack attempt by terrorists,” warned your place of deployment, Intelligence (ISI) to carry out Control (LoC). Most of the Government decided to move the terror strike reportedly in December last year. He is a Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) please sanitise the area properly nefarious activities in the CALLED BY GOVT mountain passes are snow- step by step and immediately had a backing of the Pakistan- suspected to have also acted as alert a day before the Pulwama as there are inputs of use of Kashmir, Union Home n all-party meeting bound, making movement of try to isolate Pakistan diplo- based Jaish-e-Mohammad. a handler of the slain Adil attack, asking all the J&K- IEDs. Matter most urgent, read Minister Rajnath Singh on Ahas been called by the commandoes to carry out any matically and withdrawing the After the CCS meeting at Ahmad Dar, alias Waqas based units to remain on high- the February 8 alert flashed Friday said strict action will be Government on Saturday operation across the LoC dif- Most Favoured Nation status Prime Minister’s residence, Commando who rammed his est alert and maintain constant through the police control taken against them. to discuss Thursday’s terror ficult. If helicopters are used to on Friday. More diplomatic Finance Minister Arun Jaitley explosive-laded Scorpio SUV liaison with the State police. room to the various formations Making another signifi- attack against a convoy of drop the commandos close to actions in the coming days said all efforts will be made to into a bus of the CRPF convoy “…it is requested to issue of CRPF, Srinagar Sector, BSF, cant announcement in CRPF. This meeting will be the LoC, the Pakistan Army were not ruled out, sources ensure that perpetrators of the on Thursday. necessary guidelines and ITBP and police formations in Srinagar, Rajnath said the civil- first of its kind called by the will be immediately alerted, said. attack are brought to book. Intelligence estimates sug- instructions and to all unit the State,” it said. ian traffic would be stopped NDA Government led by they said. ■ Also see P4, P5, P10 Continued on Page 6 gest 35-40 fidayeen of Jaish are commanders of J&K-based Continued on Page 6 during the movement of con- Narendra Modi. voys of Army and paramilitary. “In the wake of the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy on US to Pak: End safe India outraged; curfew clamped Thursday, it has been decided that the civilian movement haven for terrorists will be stopped for some time he international com- on protest epicentre Jammu when a large convoy of securi- Tmunity has strongly ty forces passes through an condemned the terror MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU demonstrated outside area,” Rajnath told at Press attack, with US President Pakistan’s embassy in Delhi. conference. Donald Trump asking rotests broke out in several Spontaneous protest also He said that the civilians Pakistan to “end immedi- Pparts of the country on broke out in Mumbai, Am- will face a little difficulty ately” the support and safe Friday against the terror attack ritsar, Patna, Varanasi, Ranchi, because of the restriction. “We haven provided to all ter- in Pulwama district of South Hyderabad and several other apologise for it,” he added. rorist groups operating on Kashmir. Jammu was the epi- cities. But it was Jammu, which Earlier, on his arrival in its soil. P4 centre of the people’s outburst saw massive arson and violence Srinagar, the Home Minister as curfew had to be imposed through the day. The situation attended a high-level security there following massive vio- became explosive after scuffle review meeting and also visit- CHINA TO BLOCK BID lence during the day-long broke between members of ed Command hospital where TO DECLARE AZHAR bandh call given by Chamber two groups during the bandh he interacted with the injured of Commerce and Industries. call. As police authorities CRPF jawans. GLOBAL TERRORIST Protesters burned dozens of deployed in the area failed to Rajnath also shouldered hina on Friday indicat- vehicles and shops and dam- contain the situation, even mortal remains of CRPF Ced it would continue to aged properties. after lobbing teargas shells, jawans along with senior block India’s bid to declare In Delhi, protesters gath- angry protesters resorted to police/Army and CRPF officers Masood Azhar as an inter- ered at India Gate on Friday violence and torched vehicles after attending a solemn national terrorist whose JeM afternoon raising anti-Paksitan parked outside Jogi gate area. wreath-laying ceremony. has claimed responsibility A clash between two communities started on the issue of a protest against Thursday's terror attack on a CRPF convoy, in Jammu on Friday PTI slogans. A group of protesters Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 for the Pulwama attack. CAPSULE ` TRUMP DECLARES 25L ex gratia for kin of those martyred EMERGENCY FOR WALL Washington: Battling with one PNS n LUCKNOW out with full state honours to Shamli, Anupama Jaiswal Twelve jawans belonging branch of Government and and ministers and district to Deoria, Satyadeo Pachauri to the state were killed in the opening a new confrontation he Uttar Pradesh govern- officials would attend the to Mainpuri, Ashutosh attack in Jammu and Kashmir with another, President Donald Tment Friday announced cremation functions. Tandon to Allahabad, on Thursday, including Trump announced on Friday he an ex gratia of `25 lakh each “There are 12 jawans Neelkanth Tiwari to Varanasi, Avdhesh Kumar Yadav was declaring a national to the families of the 12 from the state, who were SPS Baghel to Agra, Sandeep (Chandauli), Pankaj Kumar emergency to fulfill his pledge to CRPF jawans of the state martyred in this dastardly act. Singh to Kannauj, Mukut Tripathi (Maharajganj), Amit construct a wall along the US- killed in the terror attack in At this hour of tragedy, the Bihari Verma to Kanpur Kumar (Shamli), Pradip Mexico border. Pulwama. The government UP government stands close- Dehat and Brijesh Pathak to Kumar (Shamli), Vijay has also announced job to ly with the martyrs’ families,” Unnao. The CM said that Kumar Maurya (Deoria), AADHAAR-PAN LINK MUST one member of each soldier’s Yogi said in a statement District Magistrates and SSPs Ram Vajeel (Mainpuri), BY MAR 31 FOR RETURNS family. issued in Lucknow on Friday. would also attend the crema- Mahesh Kumar (Allahabad), New Delhi: The CBDT has Chief Minister Yogi Ministers have been tion. The state government Ramesh Yadav (Varanasi), stressed that Aadhaar-PAN Adityanath declared that the instructed to go to villages has already announced com- Kaushal Kumar Rawat linking is “mandatory” by March cremation of CRPF jawans and attend the cremation. Jai pensation of Rs 25 lakh for (Agra), Pradip Singh 31 this year for those filing an martyred in the fidayeen Prakash Nishad will go to martyrs' families besides (Kannauj), Shyam Babu Income Tax returns. attack in Kashmir on Chandauli, Ramapati Shastri assuring job to one family (Kanpur Dehat) and Ajit Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects in Thursday would be carried to Maharajganj, Suresh Rana member each. Kumar Azad (Unnao). Jhansi on Friday. Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others also seen PTI LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 city 02

Assembly pays homage to martyrs, adjourns PNS n LUCKNOW As soon the House assem- The entire Opposition is with bled on Friday, Parliamentary “The time has the Indian government,” he he Uttar Pradesh Assembly Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna come for the said. Twas adjourned for the day declared that of the 41 mar- Indian Leader of BSP Legislature after paying homage to 41 tyred in Pulwama on Thursday, Party Lalji Verma said that a CRPF jawans who were mar- 12 were from Uttar Pradesh. government to real tribute to martyred soldiers tyred in a terror attack in “The UP government has take stringent would be when India struck Pulwama (Kashmir) on decided to pay Rs 25 lakh as action against back with vengeance against Thursday, with both compensation and provide a the coward perpetrators of the Opposition and Treasury government job to a family those who dastardly crime. benches expressing solidarity member each,” Khanna carried out the Congress Legislature Party with the government demand- informed the House. attack and leader Aay Kumar Laloo ing stringent action against Leader of Opposition Ram demanded a compensation of Pakistan. Govind Chaudhary said that snuffed out Rs 1 crore to family members Cutting across party Thursday’s incident was heart- innocent Indian of the martyrs. lines, leaders said that the way breaking. para-military Virendra Singh Sirohi USA eliminated Osama Bin “The time has come for the (BJP) and Speaker Hriday Laden, India should also Indian government to take jawans. The Narain Dixit also spoke on this carry out a strike and kill the stringent action against those entire Opposition occasion. Members observed a mastermind of this attack who who carried out the attack is with the Indian two-minute silence after which was being harboured by and snuffed out innocent Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh government” the House was adjourned for Pakistan. Indian para-military jawans. Khanna the day. BJP MLC Yashwant Singh paying floral tributes to martyred killed in Pulwana attack Pioneer Prime Minister to lay base of 300 projects in Kanpur Families, villagers shell-shocked Varanasi (PNS): A pall of just about 10 to 12 kilometres ceremony in Lucknow was attended put Kanpur back on the industrial Kanpur, Lucknow and Chitrakoot. gloom descended on the native from Varanasi district head- PNS n LUCKNOW by Modi on July 29, 2018, who laid the map of not only UP, but India as well. The state government is likely to villages of both the martyrs who quarters. His family members, foundation of 80 projects worth Rs Earlier this week, Industrial allot land to Bharat Electronics hailed from trans-Varuna and including his father, Harikesh head of the crucial Lok Sabha 60,000 crore and exhorted the state to Development Minister Satish Mahana Limited (BEL) near Agra-Lucknow trans-Ganga areas here on Lal Yadav, and brothers were Aelections, Prime Minister compete with Maharashtra for becom- reviewed preparations for the event. Expressway in the Defence Corridor. Friday. Martyr Ramesh Yadav shell-shocked on getting infor- Narendra Modi will lay the founda- ing the first trillion dollar economy in In view of the impending Lok Sabha The BEL is engaged in advanced aero- belonged to Tofapur village in mation. There was anger tion of nearly 300 industrial projects India. polls, the state government is anxious space and defence production for Chobeypur area, about 20 kilo- among the people in the trans- totalling Rs 65,000 crore in Kanpur In fact, the government had ear- to ensure that the mega event sends Indian Armed forces. metres from the district head- Ganga area of Parao where later this month. lier proposed to host the second a positive message to the electorate. The Centre had de-licensed 275 quarters, while that of another hundreds of people from The state government is planning foundation laying programme in After the first ground-breaking defence wares and encouraged private martyred jawan, Avadhesh Bahadurpur and its adjoining to host a mega ‘ground-breaking’ January. However, it was later post- ceremony in July last year, Prime manufacturers to supply these to Yadav, was Bahadurpur across areas observed chhaka jam for ceremony for projects in Kanpur on poned due to various reasons, includ- Minister Narendra Modi laid the forces by competing with Public Ganga. The village of Awadesh nearly an hour in protest against February 27. These projects are part ing the incomplete groundwork for foundation of the flagship Sector Undertakings (PSU), which Yadav is in Chandauli district, the terrorist attack. of Rs 4.68 lakh crore worth of MoUs the proposed projects, such as land Bundelkhand Defence Corridor on earlier enjoyed monopoly. signed by the state government with acquisition and clearances. Friday. The announcement for the These items have been clubbed as different public and private sector Several hundred industrialists, corridor was made during UP ‘non-core items’ of Ordnance Factory companies at ‘UP Investors’ Summit’ investors and industry representatives Investors’ Summit in February last Board (OFB). The Army can float ten- in Lucknow on February 21, 2018. are expected to participate in the year. The Defence Corridor will span ders, in which both private sector and The maiden ‘ground-breaking’ February 27 event, which will seek to six nodes at Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, OFB could participate. Priyanka directs leaders Rousing repection to dream Rizvi demands train Vande Bharat Express closure of to bolster party base ABHILASH NARAIN n ALLAHABAD board said that 30 such trains ‘madarsas’ run PNS n LUCKNOW were in the pipeline and he had rime Minister Narendra Modi planned 100 semi-high speed by Wahabis fter holding marathon meetings with leaders from dis- Pon Friday who flagged off the trains all over India. The Atricts in the last three days, AICC general secretary and inaugural run of the dream train Railway Minister said that the UP East incharge Priyanka Gandhi directed senior Congress Vande Bharat Express from plat- next would be T-20 with sleep- leaders, including state chief Raj Babbar, to visit their respec- form No 1 of New Delhi station er coaches. He lamented that tive constituencies and strengthen the party. was given a rousing reception at very little had been done for “Go and work in the field by strengthening relations with Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi railway infrastructural develop- locals and learning about their core problems and get them stations on its arrival. ment in the past. He had pro- resolved by the authorities,” directed Priyanka to 20-odd This train will reach posed a budget of `1.5 lakh senior Congress leaders. Allahabad in six hours and will crore for it in order to ensure Party sources said that expressing concern over inputs take only eight hours to reach that the vision of Modi became from local leaders that senior leaders were not to be found Varanasi from New Delhi. true. Lucknow (PNS): UP Shia in the constitunecies, Priyanka asked leaders to organise pub- Though this engineless train When asked about the con- Central Waqf Board chairman lic welfare programmes in their respective areas and was tested at 180 km/hr, it’s high- cessions in Vande Bharat Wasim Rizvi demanded imme- strengthen the party base. est speed will be 130 km/hr in the Express, he said he would con- diate closure of Islamic reli- To keep a tab on these leaders, Priyanka also directed normal run. The inaugural func- sider it later when the cost gious schools known as senior leaders to update her on a weekly basis about the work tion had been planned to be a big would come down by increasing `madarsas’ run by Wahabi sect carried out in the constituencies on her WhatsApp num- event but in view of the Pulwama production. At present his con- of Sunni Muslims in Jammu ber. The 20 Congress leaders who were initially directed to terrorist attack the train was centration was on modernising and Kashmir. In the backdrop work on the ground included state Congress chief Raj flagged off after a simple ceremo- railways. of the fidayeen attack on a Babbar, Rajya Sabha MP Panna Lal Punia (seeking ticket ny. Modi entered its loco cabin The Bullet Train Project CRPF convoy in Kashmir on for his son Tanuj Punia), former UPA government minis- before giving it a green signal. between Mumbai and Thursday, Rizvi said that ters – Jitin Prasada, RPN Singh, Pardeep Jain ‘Aditya’, for- Union Railway Minister Ahmedabad was in progress, he Wahabi madarsas were a huge mer MPs Rajaram Pal, Dr Vinay Kumar Pandey `Vinnu’, Piyush Goyal, who took the jour- added. This five-day-a-week threat to internal security and Praveen Aron, Annu Tandon, Nirmal Khatri, Harendra ney in Vande Bharat Express train will be on its regular run unity and integrity of the coun- Malik and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh, Pramod Tewari, from New Delhi to Varanasi, from Fenruary 17. It will leave try as they were breeding along with Imran Masood, Harendra Agarwal, Virendra visited each coach and met every New Delhi at 6 am and will ground of extremism and Singh, Congress legislative party leader Ajay Kumar `Lallu’, guest passenger. reach Kanpur at 10.18 am, fanaticism. Rajeev Shukla, Naseemudeen Siddiqui and Ranjeet Singh People in large numbers had Allahabad by 12.23 pm and Condemning the fidayeen `Judev’. gathered on both sides of the Varanasi at 14.00 hours. It will attack on the CRPF convoy that Besides, another AICC general secretary and UP West track to have a look at this spe- be back the same day from left 42 jawans dead, Rizvi said incharge Jyotiraditya Scindia also gave similar directions to cial train. The train was given a Varanasi at 15.00 hours to reach that the extremists were anti- at least a dozen senior leaders asking them to work in their rousing reception at Kanpur, Delhi at 23.00 hours via nationals and their sole aim regions and update him on his WhatsApp number. Allahabad and Varanasi stations Allahabad (16.35 hours) and was to spread hatred and Meanwhile, Priyanka and Scindia will meet leaders of on its arrival. Kanpur ( 18.30 hours). bloodletting in the country. the remaining parliamentary seats including Kushinagar, two The loco pilots who occupied Vande Bharat Express is an The Shia Waqf Board districts of Bundelkhand region and those in NCR region the cabin for this inaugural run Indian semi-high speed intercity chairman said that many in the coming days. These districts could not be taken up were KK Chitkarai and Sanjay electric multiple unit. It was Wahabi madarsas were operat- in Lucknow. Singh, while the guard was Prem designed and built by Integral ing by concealing their identi- Sources also confirmed that Priyanka was likely to return Kumar. The train captain on Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, ty. “The nation can never win to Lucknow some time next week, and interact with lead- Friday was Anil Mohra. Union under the Union government’s the war against jihad spear- ers of all frontal outfits like Mahila Congress, Sewa Dal, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Make in India Initiative over a headed by Wahabis unless their Youth Congress, National Students’ Union of India along was quite impressed on receiving span of 18 months. The unit cost madarsas are banned immedi- with cells of the UPCC. an enthusiastic response from the of the first rake was given as `100 ately,” he said. She will be taking feedback about the existing organi- people after the inaugural run of crore though it was expected to sation, working of leaders and how they can fight with full T-18 Vande Bharat Express. go down with subsequent pro- strength and win the Lok Sabha elections. While talking to newsmen on duction. Lightning claims 9 lives in Hardoi

PNS n LUCKNOW Katheriya (36), Siyaram (55), Mahendra Singh of Firozabad, Sambhal, Bijnore Shivam (26), Phool Banu and Kankauli hamlet of Khudaganj and Meerut respectively. ightning snuffed out two Rakesh. The identity of two and his sons Sher Singh, Meanwhile, four persons Ldozen lives and left several others was yet to be ascer- Saurabh Singh and Puspendra going to immerse ashes were others injured in the last 24 tained. Singh and some villagers were killed in an accident in Kasganj hours across Uttar Pradesh. In Jaunpur, a school girl digging out potatoes from the district on Friday morning. The worst tragedy was report- was killed while two students fields on Friday morning when The family members of ed from Hardoi where nine vil- were injured when lightning it started raining. As they took Hari Singh of Nagloi hamlet of lagers going to attend a crema- struck a primary school in shelter under a tree, lightning New Delhi were going in a car tion were fatally struck by Ajiya hamlet of Sujanganj on struck killing Sher Singh and to immerse the ashes of Hari’s lightning on Friday morning. Friday morning. The students his brother Saurabh Singh. The mother Ghiya Devi in a river. As per reports, Saurabh, were standing under a tin other villagers were injured. As they were passing by son of pradhan of Mansoorpur shade near the school gate to They were rushed to a prima- Bilgram in Kasganj, the driver in Sandi (Hardoi) Susheel save themselves from rains, ry health centre where the lost control over the vehicle and Awasthi died on Thursday when the tragedy struck, claim- condition of Mahendra Singh ploughed into the house of a night and the locals were going ing the life of Prachi (9) and and two others — Shivam and scrap dealer. While four occu- to Kusumkhor ghat in Arwal leaving two others, Rita and Manoj — was stated to be pants of the car died, four on Friday morning to perform Shiva, injured. Both were shift- critical. others were critically injured. the last rites when they were ed to a hospital. An official communiqué of The injured were admitted to struck by lightning that left In the third incident the government confirmed 11 hospital by the police. nine dead and scores with seri- reported from Khudaganj area deaths due to lightning on The deceased were identi- ous burns. of Shahjahanpur, two brothers Thursday. As per official fig- fied as Bhagwati Devi, Radha The injured were rushed to were killed while several oth- ures, two persons each were Rani, Rajwati and Umesh while a nearby hospital. The deceased ers were injured after being killed in Agra, Bulandshahr Vikky, Satyendra, Hari Singh included Manni Awasthi (55), struck by lightning on Friday and Bareilly, while one person and Kishen Lal of New Delhi Madan Bihari (60), Ravindra morning. each lost their life in Hapur, were injured.

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Cash, valuables stolen from house 3 arrested for rly contractor’s murder PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Rs 80,000 in cash. Police said the house by scaling the rear PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Ujjawal Bhatt and Rahul Singh. there was no one in the house wall and then dismantled three They confessed to their crime hieves targeted the house of when the theft was committed. grills on the upper floor to hree more accused were and named their accomplice as TDileep Singh, a resident of Dileep Singh and his entered the room by breaking Tarrested in connection with Parchetsha Dubey, who was Hari Om Nagar under brother Pradeep Singh left for the locks. They broke open the the murder of railway contrac- nabbed during a raid in the wee Madiaon police station, on the Bakshi-Ka-Talab to attend the almirah and decamped with tor Dileep Yadav on Friday. The hours from his house in Anand intervening night of Thursday wedding in the family of their cash and valuables. Police said contractor was killed on the Nagar, Alambagh. and Friday and made off with sister-in-law on Thursday. They it appeared that the thieves night of January 21. The Bhatt said the motive for valuables worth Rs 10 lakh and left the house in the morning stayed in the house for few accused were arrested near Yadav’s murder was to have the Pradeep is a sub-inspector hours. Neighbours came to Home Guards headquarters in upper hand during bidding so ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ •œËˇÊáÊ •Á÷ÿãÃÊ ÁŸ◊ʸáÊʜ˟ wwÆ ∑§§.flË. ⁄UÊ¡Ê ∑§Ê ÃÊ‹Ê’-‚ʄͬÈ⁄UË in UP Police and posted in the know about the incident when Alambagh. They were identi- that they were awarded railway ÁfllÈà ¬˝·áÊ ◊á«U‹, ©U.¬˝. ¬Êfl⁄U ‹Êߟ ∑§ «UË.∞»§.‚Ë.‚Ë. ∑˝§ÊÁ‚¢ª ∑§ Á‹∞ circle officer’s office in they saw the locks lying broken fied as Ujjawal Bhatt, contracts. Bhatt, a BA (III) ≈˛UÊã‚◊ˇʟ ∑§Ê⁄U¬Ê⁄U‡ÊŸ Á‹Á◊≈U« ¬˝‚ÃÊÁflà ÁflSÕʬŸ „UÃÈ ‚◊ʪ˝Ë •Ê¬ÍÁø, ≈UÊfl⁄U Balrampur district. Neighbours near the house and doors flung Parchetsha Dubey and Rahul student, is the student leader of «UË.∞‹.«Ué‹Í., Á÷πÊ⁄UˬÈ⁄U, ß⁄Ućʟ ∞fl¢ ÁS≈˛UÁª¢ª ∑§ ∑§Êÿ¸– ÁŸÁflŒÊ πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë informed him on Friday that open. A case was registered in Singh. Two .32 bore country- Bappa Shri Narain Vocational flÊ⁄UÊáÊ‚Ë-wwvÆÆyU ߸-ÁŸÁflŒÊ ‚¢ÅÿÊ-|y ‚ ÁÃÁÕ-Æw-Æx-wÆv~– ÁŸÁflŒÊ ¬˝¬òÊ ∑§Ê ◊ÍÀÿ-L§. his house had been burgled. this connection at Madiaon made pistols, five live car- PG College while Dubey is a The thieves sneaked into police station. tridges and a stolen motor- student of BA (I) of the same |~-߸.≈UË.‚Ë. (flË.)/wÆv}-v~ •ŸÈ÷flË vw,zÆÆ+w,wzÆ (¡Ë.∞‚.≈UË. )/-œ⁄Ê„U⁄U @18% cycle were recovered from their college. 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They then went to ÿÁŒ ÁŸÁflŒÊ πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë ÁÃÁÕ ¬⁄U •fl∑§Ê‡Ê ¬«∏UÃÊ πá«U-¬˝Õ◊ flÊ⁄UÊáÊ‚Ë ∑§ •ãê¸Ã vxw ∑§§.flË. (Jail road) Rai Bahadur Singh headquarters. They were bled and tried to misguide the Allahabad to take a holy dip. „ÒU ÃÊ ÁŸÁflŒÊ •ª‹ ∑§Êÿ¸ ÁŒfl‚ ¬⁄U ÁŸœÊ¸Á⁄Uà ‚◊ÿ ©U¬∑§ãº˝ ‚Ê⁄UÊŸÕ ¬⁄U ÁŸ◊ʸáÊʜ˟ xx ∑§.flË. ’ ∑§ and a plan was chalked out stopped and asked to produce them. They were detained and Bhatt and his accomplices Ã∑§ SflË∑§Ê⁄U ∑§Ë ¡ÊÿªË ∞fl¢ ÁŸœÊ¸Á⁄Uà ‚◊ÿ ¬⁄U Á‹∞ ≈˜UÔflËŸ ◊Í¡ ∑¢§«UÄ≈U⁄U „UÃÈ vyz ∑§.flË. ¬ÊS≈U with senior sub-inspector their identity cards and regis- during interrogation, they came here on Thursday morn- tration documents of the identified themselves as ing for extortion of money. πÊ‹Ë ¡ÊÿªË– ÷ʪ-v ◊¥ ÁŸÁflŒÊ ¬˝¬òÊ ◊ÍÀÿ (ŸÊŸ ßã‚È‹≈U⁄U Ä‹Òê¬ ∑§Ë •Ê¬ÍÁø– ÁŸÁflŒÊ πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë Neeraj Dwivedi. 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(flË.)/wÆv}-v~- ÁfllÈà ¬˝·áÊ ¬òÊ ∑§Ë Sflÿ¢ ¬˝◊ÊÁáÊà ¿UÊÿÊåÊ˝Áà ∞fl¢ ÷ʪ-w (Deviation ;fn dksbZ gks½ dk foLr`r fooj.k] Ojha said that the board was was linked both with farmers agents. State-level coordinator πá«U-¬˝Õ◊ flÊ⁄UÊáÊ‚Ë ∑§ •ãê¸Ã wwÆ ∑§§.flË. ¬˝Êß‚Á’«U (Œ⁄¥U ∞fl¢ ‡ÊÃZ) ÁŸÁflŒÊ πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë ÁÃÁÕ QeZ d s ikl miyC/k rduhdh dkfeZdk]as e'khu- providing policy-level support and corporate, Ojha said it was of the board AK Ganju said ©U¬∑§ãº˝ ÷‹Í¬È⁄U ¬⁄U ÁSÕà ÁflÁ÷㟠‚Êß¡Ê¥ ∑§ ∑§Á’‹ ∑§ vw.ÆÆ ’¡ Ã∑§ fl’‚Êß≈U jh (Tools & Plants½ dh lwph ,oa njksa dks for conservation of fuel. done to make a value chain for ‘Oil and Gas Conservation ≈˛Uãø ∞fl¢ ’ ≈˛Uãø ∑§Ë ‚»§Ê߸ ∑§⁄UŸ ∑§Ê ∑§Êÿ¸– ÁŸÁflŒÊ www.etender.up.nic.in ¬⁄U •¬‹Ê«U ∑§Ë ¡Ê NksM+dj vU; fooj.k ¼;fn Bsdsnkj nsuk pkgsa½ Sharing the various initiatives the purpose of boosting the Month’ was organised to give πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë ÁÃÁÕ-vz-Æx-wÆv~– ÁŸÁflŒÊ ¬˝¬òÊ ∑§Ê ‚∑§ÃË „ÒU– ÁŸÁflŒÊ ∑§Ê ÷ʪ-v ©U‚Ë ÁŒŸ vz.ÆÆ rFkk fufonk gLrk{kj djus okys O;fDr ds being taken by the state gov- production of biofuel. He the message that the small ◊ÍÀÿ-L§. wÆÆ+x{(¡Ë.∞‚.≈UË.@18%)/-œ⁄Ê„U⁄U ’¡ ∞fl¢ ÷ʪ-w v{.ÆÆ ’¡ ‚Êfl¸¡ÁŸ∑§ M§¬ ‚ uke lEcfU/kr QeZ ds izcU/k funs'kd }kjk ernment, he said endeavours pointed out that initiatives steps could go a long way in ⁄UÊÁ‡Ê- L§. wÆÆÆ/-(L§. ŒÊ „U¡Ê⁄U ◊ÊòÊ)– (w) ߸- •ÊŸ‹Êߟ πÊ‹Ê ¡ÊÿªÊ– ∑Χ¬ÿÊ fl’‚Êß≈U gLrk{kfjr ewy Power of attorney vko';d were being made in the direc- had already been taken for fuel conservation. He said that ds lkFk LdSu izfr rFkk ÁŸÁflŒÊ ‚¢ÅÿÊ-|z-߸.≈UË.‚Ë. (flË.)/wÆv}- www.etender.up.nic.in ¬⁄ ÁflSÃÎà Notary Affidavit tion of the production of production of fuel from several competitions and activ- v~- ÁfllÈà ¬˝·áÊ πá«U-ÃÎÃËÿ, ‚Ê„ÍU¬È⁄UË ∑§ •ãê¸Ã ¡ÊŸ∑§Ê⁄UË, Áflfl⁄UáÊ/«UÊ©UŸ‹Ê«U ÃÕÊ •ãÿ Á∑§‚Ë f}rh; Hkkx esa QkbusfUl;y fcM esa ik= biodiesel. garbage. He said efforts were ities were organised to send wwÆ ∑§.flË. ©U¬∑§ãº˝ ‚Ê„ÍU¬È⁄UË ∑§ ∑§ã≈˛UÊ‹ M§◊, ¬˝∑§Ê⁄U ∑§ ‚¢‡ÊÊœŸ/ÁflSÃÊ⁄U „UÃÈ ÁŸÁflŒÊ πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë fufofnr njksa dk fooj.k gksxk½ l{ke ,oa He said oil companies had also being made to have a bio- across the message. Nukkad SflËøÿÊ«¸U, ⁄UÊ«U ∞fl¢ S≈UÊ⁄U ∑§Ê ∞∑§ fl·¸ ∑§ Á‹∞ ÁÃÁÕ ∑§Ê vw.ÆÆ ’¡ Ã∑§ ‹ÊÚª•ÊÚŸ ∑§⁄¥U– vuqHkoh Bds nkjks as l s byDVªkfuds fufonk iz.kkyh joined hands with farmers for fuel road from Lucknow to nataks were also held for the ÉÊÊ‚ ∑§Ë ∑§≈UÊ߸ ∞fl¢ ‚»§Ê߸ ∑§⁄UÊŸ ∑§Ê ∑§Êÿ¸– ÁŸÁflŒÊ •œÊ„USÃÊˇÊ⁄U∑§Ãʸ ∑§Ê Á’ŸÊ ∑§Ê߸ ∑§Ê⁄UáÊ ’ÃÊÿ ds vUrxZr bZ&Vs.Mfjax iksVZy setting up an ethanol plant in New Delhi with CNG pipelines purpose. Winners of the sev- πÈ‹Ÿ ∑§Ë ÁÃÁÕ-vz-Æx-wÆv~– ÁŸÁflŒÊ ¬˝¬òÊ ∑§Ê Á∑§‚Ë •ÕflÊ ‚÷Ë ÁŸÁflŒÊ•Ê¥ ∑§Ê http://etender.up.nic.in ds ek/;e ls Gorakhpur. “In Kanpur, we placed on either side. Ojha eral competitions were felici- vkWuykbZu fufonk,a vkeaf=r dh tkrh gSaA ◊ÍÀÿ-L§. wÆÆ+x{(¡Ë.∞‚.≈UË. )/-œ⁄Ê„U⁄U •SflË∑§Ê⁄U/Áfl÷ÊÁ¡Ã ∑§⁄UŸ ∑§Ê •Áœ∑§Ê⁄U ‚È⁄UÁˇÊà have tied up with the railways stressed that there was nothing tated on the occasion. The pro- @18% 1- izLrkfor 400 ds0oh0 midsUnz and other organisations to set in nature which could be called gramme witnessed the pres- ⁄UÊÁ‡Ê- L§. wÆÆÆ/-(L§. ŒÊ „U¡Ê⁄U ◊ÊòÊ)– (x) „UÊªÊ–U •œËˇÊáÊ •Á÷ÿãÃÊ, ÁfllÈà ¬˝·áÊ ¼th0vkbZ0,l0½] fljfljk] jk;cjyhs d s lEidZ up a plant for converting re- waste. He also said that stu- ence of senior officials of major •À¬∑§ÊÁ‹∑§ ߸-ÁŸÁflŒÊ ߸-ÁŸÁflŒÊ ‚¢ÅÿÊ-|{- ◊á«U‹ «UË.∞‹.«Ué‹Í. Á÷πÊ⁄UˬÈ⁄U, flÊ⁄UÊáÊ‚Ë- ekxZ pkSM+hdj.k] eksMksa dh pkSM+kbZ c<+kus ,oe~ used oil of vendors into biofuel. dents should tie up with oil oil marketing companies. ߸.≈UË.‚Ë. (flË.)/wÆv}-v~- ÁfllÈà ¬˝·áÊ wwvÆÆy ¬òÊÊ¢∑§ ‚¢ÅÿÊ-vz~, ÁŒŸÊ¢∑§ vz.w.v~ lEidZ ekxZ ¼jk;cjsyh&izrkix<+½ ls midsUnz πá«U-¬˝Õ◊ flÊ⁄UÊáÊ‚Ë ∑§ •ãê¸Ã ¬˝SÃÊflÊŸÈ‚Ê⁄U ““⁄UÊCÔ˛U Á„Uà ◊¥ Á’¡‹Ë ’øÊÿ¥”” rd dk losZ dk;Z] /kjksgj /kujkf’k :- 1500- 00 ek=] dk;kZof/k 20 fnu] fufonk izi= ewY; Mahindra launches :- 500-00 ¼18 izfr”kr th0,l0Vh0 SUV XUV300 vfrfjDr½ A fu;e o 'krZ sa %& 1- fufonk vfHkys[kksa dks çkIr djus ,oa tek djus dh Lucknow (PNS): frfFk %& ¼v½ fufonk vfHkys[k bZ&Vs.Mj Mahindra’s new SUV iksVZy@osclkbV http://etender.up.nic.in XUV300 was launched at ij gh fnukad 04-03-2019 ds vijkUg 14-00 Narain Automobiles on cts rd Mkyk@viyksM fd;k tk ldrk Shahnajaf Road in Lucknow gSA on Friday. The ex-showroom ¼c½ fnukad 05-03-2019 dks vijkUg 15-00 cost of the petrol variant cts ls rduhdh Hkko&i= ¼Hkkx&izFke½ [kksys vehicle is Rs 7.90 lakh while tk;saxs] ftlds ewy :i ls ifj{k.kksaijkUr that of diesel Rs 8.49 lakh. mi;qDr ik;s x;s fufonknkrkvksa ds foRrh; Hkko&i= ¼Hkkx&f}rh;½ [kksys tk;saxsA rduhdh ;ksX;rk iwjk u djus okys CITYBRIEFS fufonknkrk ds fufonk foRrh; Hkko&i= ¼Hkkx&f}rh;½ ij fopkj ugha fd;k tk;sxkA FOUNDER OF CMS 2- fufonknkrk dks fuEufyf[kr lHkh LEAVES FOR CAIRO vfHkys[kksa dks LdSu dj fufonk ds lkFk Founder of City bZ&Vs.Mj iksVZy@osclkbV Montessori School Jagdish http://etender.up.nic.in ij vkWuykbZu Gandhi on Friday left for viyksM djuk vfuok;Z gksxkA ¼i½ fufonk Cairo (Egypt) to attend the çi= Ø; djus dk ewY; jk"Vªh;d`r cSad ds 3rd International African fMekUM Mªk¶V ds :i esa tks Executive Constitutional Conference of Engineer, Electricity Civil Transmission African Constitutional Division-II, Lucknow d s itkca u”kuys cSd]a Courts, Councils and y[kuÅ ds pkyw [kkrk Supreme Courts. He will be la[;k&0758002100001581] IFSC Code- the special guest of honour at PUNB0075800 the conference. He was invit- vkj0Vh0th0,l0@,u0bZ0,Q0Vh0 ds ek/;e ed by Justice Dr Hanafy Aly ls lh/ks tdk dh tks;xh( fufonk dk Hkkx Gebaly, Chief Justice of 3 o 4 ¼izkbl fcM½ dsoy osclkbV Supreme Constitutional Court http://etender.up.nic.in ij fufonk izLrko of Egypt. He was accompa- ,d lkFk gh tek djuk gksxkA fufonk ewY; nied by project leader of ,oe~ /kjksgj /kujkf’k dh ‘International Conference of vkj0Vh0th0,l0@,u0bZ0,Q0Vh0 lk{; Chief Justices of the World’ ¼jlhn½ dks bZ&Vs.Mj ds ek/;e ls izFke Hkkx Sandeep Srivastava. ds lkFk tek djuk vko”;d gksxk ,oe~ CONFERENCE fdlh Hkh izdkj dh gkMZ dkih Lohdkj ugha gksxhA ¼ ½ fufonknkrk dh ik=rk layXu The department of ii Endocrine and Breast Surgery, ih0D;w0vkj0 ds vuqlkjA 3- SGPGI, hosted the biennial ;w0ih0ih0lh0,y0@lh0ih0MCyw0Mh0@ meeting of International ,e0bZ0,l0@yksd fuekZ.k foHkkx@flapkbZ Society of Oncoplastic foHkkx@ jsyos ,oa vU; ljdkjh foHkkxksa esa Endocrine Surgeons iathd`r@vuqHkoh Bsdsnkj fufonk esa Hkkx ys (ISOPES) and 4th National ldrs gSaA 4- fufonk dh oS/krk [kqyus dh Conference of Indian Society frfFk ls pkj ekg gksxhA 5- v/kksgLrk{kjh of Thyriod Surgeons. ‘ISOPES dks iw.kZ vf/kdkj gksxk fd fcuk dkj.k crk;s 2019’ started with a live work- fdlh ;k lHkh fufonkvksa dks fujLr dj shop on Friday and four live vFkok nks ;k nks ls vf/kd Bsdsnkjksa esa foHkDr surgeries were transmitted. dj ldrs gSaA 6- fufonk Mkyus gsrq Endoscopic transaxillary fufonknkrk dk e-procurement osclkbV thyriodectomy was live trans- http://etender.up.nic.in ij registered mitted and the procedure was user ¼iathd`r½ gksuk vfuok;Z gSA fufonk,a performed by Dr Sang Wook vkWuykbZu Mkyus gsrq fufonknkrk dks ;w0ih0 Kang. 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LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 nation 05 Diplomatic offensive launched against Pak Govt calls all-party meet PNS n NEW DELHI Pakistan must take “imme- an assurance to India that it will diate and verifiable action” back New Delhi’s appeal to list to discuss terror attack fter vowing to avenge the against the JeM and that it must the UN-proscribed Pakistan- Akilling of 44 CRPF jawans immediately stop any groups or based terror group’s chief at Pulawama in Jammu & individuals associated with ter- Masood Azhar as a global ter- Kashmir, India on Friday rorism operating from its ter- rorist. PNS n NEW DELHI This meeting will be voice on the issue, said Union launched a major diplomatic ritories, Gokhale told the envoy. Apart from the envoys of the first of its kind Finance Minister Aurn Jaitley offensive against Pakistan to According to sources, the P5, Gokhale met the envoys n all-party meeting has said after the meeting of mobilise international opinion Indian High Commissioner to of key countries in Europe and Abeen called by the called by the ruling Cabinet Committee on in favour of a possible punitive Pakistan Ajay Bisaria has also Asia such as Germany, South Government on Saturday to National Democratic Security. action. India briefed envoys of been called to Delhi for con- Korea, Japan, as well as discuss Thursday’s terror attack Alliance (NDA) under With Lok Sabha elections 25 countries, including from P5 sultations in the wake of the Australia, they said. against a convoy of Central close by, the Government nations — US, China, Russia, horrific attack. “All the Heads of Missions Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Prime Minister would like to take a bipartisan the UK and France — on Hours after vowing to iso- were left in no doubt about the in Kashmir in which 40 sol- Narendra Modi in the view on the issue and to have Islamabad’s hand behind the late Pakistan diplomatically in role played by Pakistan based diers were killed and many wake of a terror the backing of all the parties to attack. . the wake of the attack, the and supported JeM in the ter- Policemen patrol after clashes broke out between communities in Jammu AP more are still battling for their whatever action it proposes to Ahead of the full-scale Government undertook the rorist attack and our demand lives. attack take following the terror attack briefing to international com- exercise of reaching out to the that Pakistan ceases forthwith plicity of Pakistan in the asserting that they stand with This meeting will be the in Kashmir. munity, Foreign Secretary Vijay international community, most all support and financing to ter- Pulwama terrorist attack and India in this hour of grief. first of its kind called by the rul- Invitations have been extend- All the parties are expect- Gokhale summoned Pakistan of which has univocally con- ror groups operating from areas demand immediate and verifi- Condemning the attack, ing National Democratic ed to all the parties. ed to attend the important High Commissioner to India demned the attack by the UN- under their control. The foreign able action against JeM and its Russian President Vladimir Alliance (NDA) under Prime Union Home Minister meet called by the Sohail Mahmood to his South proscribed Pakistan-based JeM secretary also highlighted the leader Masood Azhar, the Putin said perpetrators and Minister Narendra Modi in Rajnath Singh who visited Government. Block office and issued a very terror outfit. role played by Pakistan in using source added. sponsors of the attack should be the wake of a terror attack. Kashmir on Friday to oversee Shiv Sena, an ally in strong demarche over the attack China expressed deep terrorism as an instrument of its Countries from across the brought to book and reiterated The agenda of the meeting, the situation there would con- the NDA has sought calling of in which at least 40 CRPF per- “shock” over the Pulwama ter- state policy,” a source said. globe condemned the terror his country’s support for further it is understood, is to seek a vene the meeting to brief a Joint-session of the sonnel were killed in Kashmir’s ror attack carried out by a Jaish The MEA will continue to attack with nations such as the strengthening counterterrorist unanimous view of India’s political parties on the incident Parliament to discuss the Pulwama district. suicide bomber, but did not give take all steps to expose the com- US, UK, Russia and France cooperation with India. future course of action. so that the nation speaks in one Pulwama attack. INSHORT Rahul extends support to Govt MORE SHOULD VISIT ARUNACHAL: SPEAKER PAWAR TAKES rity forces and the ‘Those who have done this used to remark that only those New Delhi: Government,” Gandhi said. should not feel that they with a 56-inch chest could Arunachal Pradesh “Those who have done can harm the country. It is administer a tough lesson to is an integral part JIBE AT MODI this should not feel that they Pakistan,” Pawar said. of India and more can harm the country. It is a a time of mourning and Modi, in his rallies, used to people should visit PNS n NEW DELHI time of mourning and sadness,” sadness’ exhort people to replace the the State as several initiatives he added. UPA government with that of have been taken lately to day after the Pulwama Singh said the nation can Narendra Modi over some of the BJP so that Pakistan could improve the connectivity, LS Aattack, Congress president never compromise with ter- the latter’s statements after be given a befitting reply for Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Rahul Gandhi on Friday said rorism. such attacks during the such terror attacks, Pawar told recently after she was presented his party and the entire “Terrorism is a scourge Congress-led UPA regime. reporters. a copy of Arunachal Pradesh- Opposition is fully supportive which we can never compro- Speaking to reporters on “But everyone has seen Rediscovering Hinduism in the of the Government and the mise...,” the former Prime home turf Baramati in Pune what has happened now. But Himalayas. Penned by Dr security forces. Minister said. district, Pawar called today I will not repeat that Jagdish Kaur, Regional Adviser, No amount of hatred and On Thursday, an explosives Thursday’s attack on the CRPF same demand which he (Modi) (Tobacco Free Initiative) with the anger can harm the love India laden truck rammed into a convoy in Jammu and Kashmir had made (at that time),” Pawar WHO, the book traces culture is built on, Gandhi said at a CRPF convoy in Pulwama out- as an attack on the nation. said. The kind of image and religion in the State. Press conference along with side Srinagar, killing 37 soldiers “I can remember, Prime that Modi created of himself in former Prime Minister in one of the biggest terror Minister Modi, before coming the run-up to the 2014 Lok 3-DAY BREAST CANCER Manmohan Singh and other attacks in recent years. to power, used to say in his Sabha polls had now become a AWARENESS EVENT BEGINS Congress leaders, including Meanwhile, Nationalist election rallies that (then PM) “100 per cent failure”, he said. New Delhi: A three-day national Ghulam Nabi Azad and AK Congress Party chief Sharad Manmohan Singh’s govern- The hand of state players in level “Training of Trainers” Antony. Pawar on Friday said the ment had failed to teach Pakistan cannot be ruled out in programme for spreading the “This is a terrible attack, Pulwama terror attack was an Pakistan a lesson (after such the Pulwama attack looking at awareness about early detection this type of violence is dis- attack on the nation and there attacks). its magnitude and explosives and prevention of cervical and gusting. Terrorism tries to should be no attempts to politi- “He (Modi) used to say the used, Pawar said. Having breast cancer was kicked off divide the nation, we can’t be cise the issue. The former Manmohan Singh government such capabilities was not pos- Friday at “Om Shanti Retreat Security personnel keep vigil outside High Commission of Pakistan as security was tightened following anti-Pakistan protests divided by any power. The Union minister also took a did not have ability to teach a sible for common persons or Center” in Manesar in Haryana. in the Capital after the Pulwama terror attack in New Delhi Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer entire opposition is with secu- swipe at Prime Minister lesson (to Pakistan). He also outfits, he added. SC to hear plea against 1993 ED attaches Yoga reduces severity of RA symptoms Vadra’s assets PNS n NEW DELHI patients in the test group, sug- body intervention (MBI) ran- uated the role of yoga as an ways and bring about natural Central law on land acquisition gesting an immune-regulatory domized trial (with parallel effective intervention to immunological tolerance.” worth `4.62 cr ight weeks of intensive yoga role of yoga practice in the active and control groups) to assist the management of RA RA is a heterogeneous near disputed site in Ayodhya Epractice significantly treatment of RA. analyze the effects of practicing with respect to clinical autoimmune disease that decreases the severity of phys- “An intensive yoga regimen 120 minutes of yoga, five days symptoms, quality of life, psy- results from the interplay of PTI n NEW DELHI islative competence of PNS n NEW DELHI ical and psychological symp- concurrent with routine drug a week for eight weeks on 72 chosocial outcomes, and func- genetic and environmental fac- Parliament to acquire religious toms in patients with active therapy induced molecular patients with RA. Both the test tional ability. tors and causes extensive sys- he Supreme Court Friday land, was filed a week after the he Enforcement rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a remission and re-established and control groups were simul- This study is one of the first temic inflammation, cartilage Tdecided to hear a fresh Centre had moved the apex TDirectorate (ED) on Friday debilitating chronic auto- immunological tolerance. In taneously undergoing routine to look at how yoga practice damage, and synovial hyper- plea challenging the court seeking modification in said it has attached assets worth immune inflammatory disease, addition, it reduced the sever- drug therapies (DMARDs). affects the systemic biomarkers plasia that cause physical dis- constitutional validity of a 1993 its 2003 order and allow it to `4.62 crore of Skylight according to doctors from ity of depression by promoting The findings showed sig- of inflammation, cellular aging, ability and psychiatric comor- Central law by which the gov- return to original owners the 67 Hospitality, a firm owned by Delhi-based All India Institute neuroplasticity,” explained lead nificant improvement in sys- and oxidative stress, especial- bidity. The co-existence of ernment acquired 67.703 acres acres “non-disputed” land Robert Vadra, Congress pres- of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). investigator, Rima Dada, MD, temic biomarkers of neuro- ly in RA. “Our results provide depression and RA in individ- of land, including the disputed around the disputed structure ident Rahul Gandhi’s brother- In their study published in Professor, Department of plasticity, inflammation, evidence that yoga positively uals poses a significant health- premises of Ram in Ayodhya. in-law, in connection with the Restorative Neurology and Anatomy, All India Institute of immune-modulation, cellular modifies the pathobiology of care burden on the patients, Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid, The petition, filed by seven Bikaner land scam case. Neuroscience, the doctors said Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. health integrity, and aging in autoimmunity at cellular and their caregivers, healthcare sys- in Ayodhya. individuals, including two “The attached assets that marked improvements She noted that high disease association with the positive molecular levels by targeting tems, and society as a whole. A bench headed by Lucknow-based lawyers claim- include movable assets were noticed in the levels of activity and underlying depres- clinical outcome of reduction mind-body communications. Existing medical therapies Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi ing to be devotees of Ram Lalla, amounting to `18,59,500 per- certain inflammatory bio- sion are associated with in depression severity, disease Further research is needed for have a limited scope and fail to tagged the matter with the has contended that Parliament taining to four individuals and markers and assessments of increased disability, reduced activity, and disability quo- the exploration of possible cure the psychological compo- main petition on title dispute had no legislative competence one immovable property situ- functional status and disease quality of life, and minimized tient in RA patients following mechanisms underlying the nent of the disease and have pending before a constitution to acquire land belonging to the ated at 268, Sukhdev Vihar in activity in patients studied, rates of clinical remission and the intensive yoga based MBI. cumulative effect of yoga on numerous side effects. bench. state. New Delhi to the extent of demonstrating yoga’s promo- treatment response. Other The study was supported by multiple pathways at a cellular Depression seems to decrease “List the matter before the Moreover, it said, the state `4,43,36,550 owned by Robert tive, preventive, curative, and researchers included Dr funding provided by the level,” added Dr. Dada. “Yoga patients’ compliance and bench already seized with the legislature has the exclusive Vadra’s company Ms Sky Light rehabilitative potential for Surabhi Gautam, Dr Madhuri Department of Science facilitates the mind’s capacity to adherence to medical treatment issue,” the bench of Chief power to make provisions relat- Hospitality (P) Ltd (now LLP),” achieving optimal health. Tolahunase and Dr Uma &Technology, Union Ministry affect bodily function and and results in worse health out- Justice Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv ing to the management of the agency said. “Our findings show mea- Kumar. of Science & Technology. symptoms mediated though a comes and increases disease Khanna said. affairs of religious institutions The ED had registered a surable improvements for the The study was a mind- Existing research has eval- variety of downstream path- severity. The plea, challenging leg- inside its territory. criminal case in connection with the deal in 2015, taking cognisance of a clutch of FIRs and charge sheets filed by Rajasthan Police after the All-India Flamingo census from next week Govt amends norms for setting up EVs charging stations tehsildar of Bikaner com- ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI plained about alleged forgery in RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI Mumbai highway, Agra- the allotment of land in the f you are a bird lover or/and Lucknow highway, Eastern and area. The area is considered Iavian expert, you have an n a move to make it easy for Western Peripheral sensitive due to its proximity to opportunity to be the part of Ipeople to switch to electric Expressway, Delhi-Agra NH 2 the Indo-Pak border. this first ever all-India vehicles (EV) and to reduce and Hyderabad Outer Ring “In furtherance of sale/ Flamingo census to be carried dependence on fossil fuels, the Road expressway. purchase, these impugned out in two phases—first one on Ministry of Housing and Urban According to data, India’s fraudulent lands were further February 23-24, and then in Affairs (MoHUA) has made per capita emissions are still sold by subsequent purchasers April at several sites across 12 amendments to the Model considered low at 1.9 tonnes to individuals and companies States including the national Building Byelaws (MBBL) 2016 (2013), but its total emissions and all these subsequent sellers Capital and neighbouring and Urban Regional are next only to China and the of the impugned land generat- Haryana. Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Development Plans US and is likely to overtake ed a considerable amount of The all India count is Formulation and those of the European Union profit. The fraudulently gener- expected to help in assessing the for a coordinated PAN-India the southernmost non-breed- Implementation (URDPFI) Byelaws and Master Plan estates, land for at least one by 2019. Delhi is on top as the ated profit by these entities is current population trend of flamingo count. We have in the ing (wintering) grounds in the guidelines 2014 making provi- Regulations. Additionally, the point charging station is to be biggest emitter at over 38 38 nothing but proceeds of crime Greater Flamingo past undertaken several stud- Maldives and the British Indian sions for setting up EVs charg- building premise will have to reserved within a grid of 10km million tonnes of carbon diox- as defined under PMLA,” the Phoenicopterus rosues and ies including colour tagging, Ocean Territory. ing stations in residential and have an additional power load, x 10 km. The amendment also ide equivalent overall emis- ED said in a statement. Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias satellite tracking of Greater The BNHS has short-listed commercial buildings, bus ter- equivalent to the power allows setting up a battery sions, followed by Greater Sky Light Hospitality (P) Ltd minor and their habitats in Flamingo and conservation major Flamingo congregation minals and service stations required for all charging points swapping station along the Mumbai at 22.7 million tonnes had purchased 275 Bigha (69.55 India to help prepare the species actions in the past decades. sites by referring available lit- and multi-level parking lots. (in a Public Charging System highways and intercity corri- and Chennai at 22.1 million Hectare) land fraudulently for action plan for their long term “Currently, we are moni- erature, past and present BNHS The amendments include (PCS) ) to be operated. There dors. tonnes, Kolkata at 14.8million `72 lakh and sold the same for conservation, said an official toring both migratory birds studies, Asian Waterbird offering round the-clock charg- should be sufficient space for As per amendment, the tonnes, Bangalore at 19.8mil- `5.15 crores to Allegeny Finlease from the Bombay Natural population in some locations Counts (AWC) and e-bird ing infrastructure facility to all charging and entry/exit for tariff for supply of EVs will be lion tonnes, Hyderabad at 13.7 (P) Ltd and illegally generated History Society (BNHS) which including the Mumbai India database. Majority of electric vehicles in residential vehicles. Any PCS installed at determined by the competent million tonnes and profit of `4.43 Crores. Four is conducting the mega census. seascape,” said the official these wetland sites are in buildings, increasing electrici- Public/Private areas or building authority and Central Ahmedabad at 9million tonnes other individuals had also gen- Greater Flamingos, which adding that as this work is ini- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan ty load for all buildings, setting premises of any category that Electricity Authority will be were the other cities whose erated profit of `18.59 lakhs in are taller and whiter, have a tiated through the citizens sci- and Telangana. In Delhi, these up charging bays at 20% capac- caters to commercial mode of create a data base to this effect. emissions for the year were cal- sale of fraudulent acquired land, mixed feeding pattern. It feeds ence, this also fulfil another birds are sighted at Najafgarh ity of all vehicles and on-spot charging of EVs shall be According to the amend- culated sector wise. the agency said. on insects, small fishes and activity of the NAP to promote jheel area while in Haryana the metering and payment ser- deemed as a Public Charging ment, the government will cre- As per the statistics of On Tuesday, Vadra and algae. The Lesser Flamingos are migratory bird conservation hotspots are Sultanpur National vices in both commercial and Station and shall have to install ate ‘favourable ecosystems’ in Delhi government, total num- his mother Maureen had comparatively smaller and initiatives through raising pub- Park and Dighal wetlands. residential buildings. the minimum requirements of nine polluted cities having over ber of vehicles in Delhi is more appeared before the ED in more pink and only feed on lic awareness and local peoples’ “The government institu- If successful, this will make chargers as specified in the 4 million populations. It will than the combined total vehi- Jaipur. Congress general secre- algae. participation, including citi- tions, Indian Bird Conservation EVs more attractive and cost- guidelines. gradually be extended to cities cles in Mumbai, Chennai and tary and Vadra’s wife Priyanka These two birds are also zen science groups. Network (IBCN) members, effective to people - changing The amendment allows that have population of one Kolkata. Delhi has 85 private Gandhi had accompanied them included in the India’s National The Central Asian Flyway birdwatchers, NGOs, ornithol- the way they have been driving one public charging system to million-plus. It will also cover cars per 1000 population to the probe agency’s office. Action Plan (NAP) for (CAF), one among the nine fly- ogists, researchers, academi- till now. This will make easy for be set up at every 25 kms on Mumbai-Pune corridor, Delhi- against the national average of Last week, the ED had Conservation of Migratory ways in the world, encom- cians and nature lovers across people to switch to EVs. The both sides of highways and Jaipur expressway, 8 cars per 1000 population. In quizzed Vadra in Delhi for Birds and their habitats along passes overlapping migration India are being encouraged to amendments in the guidelines inter-city corridors. Similarly, Ahmedabad-Vadodara terms of CO2 emissions due to three days in connection with Central Asian Flyway (CAF) routes over 30 countries for dif- visit any of the short-listed sites have been circulated to all the one fast charging station is to expressway, Delhi-Agra motor vehicles, Delhi emits a money laundering probe prepared by the Union ferent waterbirds linking their or any site of their choosing State Governments and Union be set up at every 100 kms on Yamuna expressway, about 12.4 million tonnes while against him for allegedly Environment Ministry. northern most breeding where Flamingos are seen,” Territories with the request both sides of highways and Bengaluru-Mysore expressway, the city of Bengaluru emits procuring assets abroad in an “This is the first initiative grounds in Russia (Siberia) to said the official. to amend their Building roads. In industrial parks or Bengaluru-Chennai, Surat- about 8.6 million tonnes. illegal manner. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 news 06 World leaders condemn attack, US asks Pak to end support and back India’s fight against terror safe haven to all terror groups PTI n WASHINGTON/MOSCOW against terrorism in all its PTI n WASHINGTON Trump. Earlier, the US State outraged by the terror attack, Kashmir today. We must con- forms.” “I call on every State to Department said in a statement “one of the deadliest in the front terror and defeat it, wher- ountries from across the fight effectively against terror- n a stern message to that it was “resolutely commit- region since 1989”. Republican ever it occurs,” Indian- Cglobe, including the US, ist networks and their financ- IPakistan, the White House ted” to working with the Senator Johnny Isakson American Congresswoman Russia, Australia, France, Saudi ing channels and to prevent has asked Islamabad to “imme- Indian government to combat strongly criticised the terror Pramila Jayapal said. Arabia, Sri Lanka and cross-border movements of diately end” its “support” to all terrorism in all its forms. strike and pledged the US’ Democratic Bangladesh, have condemned terrorist groups, such as the terror groups and not to pro- “The US condemns in the support to India in defeating Congressman Eliot Engel, the the brutal Pulwama terror Jaish-e-Mohammed, which has vide “safe haven” to them, as strongest terms the terrorist terrorism. chairman of the House Foreign attack carried out by Pakistan- claimed responsibility for this the US condemned the brutal attack today on an Indian “Today, more than 40 Affairs Committee, said coun- based terror group Jaish-e- attack,” Drian said. Nepal said Pulwama terror attack claimed Central Reserve Police Force Indian military police were tries must not allow terrorist Mohammad (JeM) and extend- its unequivocally condemns the lives of at least 40 CRPF convoy in the Indian state of killed by a radical Islamist groups like JeM to operate with ed support to India in the terrorism in all its forms and soldiers. Pakistan-based Jaish- Jammu and Kashmir,” State terrorist group in the deadliest impunity. fight against terrorism. manifestations and believes e-Mohammad (JeM) has Department Deputy attack in 30 years on Indian Congressmen Brian At least 40 CRPF person- that such heinous acts of terror- claimed responsibility for the Spokesperson Robert forces in Kashmir. I send my Fitzpatrick, Dan Crenshaw, Al nel were killed and many ism cannot be justified on any terror attack in Jammu and Palladino said. “The UN des- deepest condolences to the Green, Don Bacon, George injured on Thursday in one of out Pakistan in its statement deepest condolences, support, ground. Condemning the Kashmir’s Pulwama district ignated, Pakistan-based ter- soldiers injured and killed in Holding, Joe Wilson, Jeff Van the deadliest terror attacks in condemning the attack. and hope for a timely recovery attack, Maldives Preseident on Thursday that left at least 40 rorist group Jaish-e- this senseless attack, to their Drew, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jammu and Kashmir when a In a stern message to for the injured,” he said in a Ibrahim Mohamed Solih tweet- CRPF soldiers dead and five Muhammad has claimed families, and to India, a criti- Frank Pallone, Michael Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) sui- Pakistan, the White House has statement. Saudi Arabia said it ed that the Maldives will con- others critically wounded. responsibility for this heinous cal ally in the global war on ter- McCaul, Joe Morelle, Will cide bomber rammed a vehicle asked Islamabad to “immedi- stood with India’s fight against tinue to work with India and “The United States calls on act. We call on all countries to ror,” said Republican Senator Hurd, Brad Sherman, Ted carrying over 100 kg of explo- ately end” its “support” to all terrorism and extremism and the international community to Pakistan to end immediately uphold their responsibilities John Cornyn, Co-Chair of Yoho and C ongresswomen sives into their bus in Pulwama terror groups and not to pro- denounced as “cowardly” the combat terrorism in our region the support and safe haven pursuant to UN Security Senate India caucus. Elissa Slotkin, Paul Gosar also district. Condemning the vide “safe haven” to them. suicide attack. The strong con- and the world at large. provided to all terrorist groups Council resolutions to deny “My heart is with the vic- expressed outrage at the attack attack, Russian President “The US calls on Pakistan demnation came days ahead of Bangladesh Prime Minister operating on its soil, whose safe haven and support for ter- tims of the Kashmir Terror and sympathised with the Vladimir Putin Friday said to end immediately the support Saudi Crown Prince Sheikh Hasina said, only goal is to sow chaos, vio- rorists,” Palladino said. Attack. The United States affected families. perpetrators and sponsors of and safe haven provided to all Mohammed bin Salman bin “Bangladesh remains steadfast lence, and terror in the region,” Several US lawmakers also stands with our Indian allies At least 40 Central Reserve the attack should be brought to terrorist groups operating on its Abdulaziz Al Saud’s state visit in its commitment against ter- White House Press Secretary expressed solidarity with India against those behind this Police Force (CRPF) personnel book and reiterated his coun- soil, whose only goal is to sow to India next week for talks rorism of all forms and main- Sarah Sanders said in a late in the wake of a dastardly ter- heinous act of terrorism,” were killed and five injured in try’s support for further chaos, violence, and terror in with the top Indian leadership. tains a zero-tolerance policy night statement on Thursday. ror attack and said the two Democratic Senator Mark one of the deadliest terror strengthening counterterror- the region,” White House Press The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign against any kind of terrorist “This attack only strength- countries stand united in con- Warner, who is co-chair of the attacks in Jammu and Kashmir ist cooperation with India. Secretary Sarah Sanders said in Affairs and International activities. We would continue to ens our resolve to bolster coun- demning and defeating terror. Senate India Caucus and Vice when a Jaish suicide bomber In a message to President a statement. Cooperation said in a state- work and cooperate with inter- terterrorism cooperation and Cutting across party lines, Chairman of the Senate Select rammed a vehicle carrying Ram Nath Kovind and Prime “This attack only strength- ment that the country “con- national community including coordination between the over 50 Congressmen and Committee on Intelligence, over 100 kg of explosives into Minister Narendra Modi, Putin ens our resolve to bolster coun- demns this terrorist act”, and India to eradicate menace of United States and India,” she Senators took to social media posted on Twitter. their bus in Pulwama district. said, “Please accept the most terterrorism cooperation and reiterated the country’s “prin- terrorism,” Hasina added. said in a strongly-worded state- to express their solidarity with Congresswoman and India slammed Pakistan sincere condolences in connec- coordination between the US cipled and unequivocal posi- Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay ment issued by the White the people of India and called Democratic presidential candi- over the attack carried out by tion with the loss of Indian law and India,” she said in the tion rejecting all forms of vio- Tshering, tweeted, “Bhutan is House. Sanders said the United for strict action against the JeM date Tulsi Gabbard said, “We JeM and asked the neighbour- enforcement officers in the statement issued by the White lence and terrorism”. deeply saddened by the news of States condemns in the terror outfit and its state spon- stand with the people of India ing country to stop supporting terrorist act in the state of House. Australia’s political lead- French Minister of Europe the horrific terrorist attack in strongest terms the heinous sors. “I strongly condemn the in condemning the terrorist terrorists and dismantle terror Jammu and Kashmir. We ers also condemned the and Foreign Affair Jean-Yves Le Kashmir. Bhutan strongly con- terrorist attack in Pulwama by terror attack in Kashmir. The attack in Jammu & Kashmir, infrastructure operating from strongly condemn this brutal “heinous” terror attack. “We Drian extended support to demns terrorist attack of any a Pakistan-based terrorist United States stands with our and send our condolences and its soil. Meanwhile, Pakistan crime. The perpetrators and convey our deepest condo- India, saying France has always nature. Our prayers are with the group. “We express our deep friends in India, and I send prayers to the victims families. said the terrorist attack in sponsors of this attack, lences to the families of the vic- been and always will be by grieved family and we are fol- condolences to the victims’ heartfelt condolences to the We must all stand up against Pulwama district is “a matter of undoubtedly, should be duly tims, and all those injured. Our India’s side in the fight against lowing the situation closely.” Sri families, the Indian govern- families that lost loved ones,” these jihadists and their ideol- grave concern” even as it punished. thoughts are with my friend terrorism in all its forms. Lankan Prime Minister Ranil ment, and the Indian people top Democratic Senator Chuck ogy.” “Heartbreaking. My strongly rejected Indian media “I would like to reiterate Prime Minister @narendramo- “I most firmly condemn Wickremesinghe and leader of for the loss of life in this bru- Schumer tweeted. thoughts are with the families and government’s allegations of the readiness for further di and the Indian people,” the heinous attack just perpe- the Opposition Mahinda tal attack,” said the Press Democratic Senator of the victims of heinous ter- the country’s link to the strike strengthening counterterror- Prime Minister Scott Morrison trated in India. My thoughts go Rajapaksa condemned the ter- Secretary of President Donald Robert Menendez said he was rorist attacks in Jammu and “without” probe. ist cooperation with Indian tweeted on Friday. out to the families of the fall- rorist attack and offered their partners. In Russia, we share Opposition leader Bill en soldiers and my deepest sol- condolences to Prime Minister the grief of friendly people of Shorten said it was an atrocious idarity to the Indian govern- Modi. China also expressed TMC leadership India and hope for speedy attack. “To the family and ment and people. France has deep “shock” over the terror recovery of the injured,” he said. friends of the soldiers killed always been and always will be attack carried out by the Jaish Cong feels Ambedkar not keen seeks report on The US specifically singled and injured — we send our by India’s side in the fight suicide bomber. security threat to on being part of grand alliance MLAs, leaders PTI n MUMBAI seats to Ambedkar in order to Arun Jaitley back avoid division of votes. PTI n KOLKATA he Maharashtra Congress, Talking to PTI, Ambedkar Twhich has been trying to said he has announced candi- n the backdrop of the killing persuade Bharip Bahujan dates in 12 constituencies — Iof ruling TMC MLA Satyajit as Finance Min Mahasangh (BBM) leader Buldhana, Nanded, Yavatmal, Biswas, the party leadership has Prakash Ambedkar to join the Madha, Amravati, Latur, Satara, sought reports from all district PTI n NEW DELHI returned to India on February anti-BJP coalition, says it was Sangli, Baramati, Pune, presidents about the threat per- 9 after undergoing skin graft- disappointed with his approach Hatkanagale and Nashik. ception of its MLAs and impor- run Jaitley on Friday ing. Jaitley, they said, is recov- as he was not showing any flex- “We had sought 12 seats tant leaders, Trinamool Congress Aresumed charge as the ering well but needs a stick for ibility and keenness for a tie-up. where Congress didn’t have can- functionaries said. finance minister after a gap of support to stand or sit down The Congress said didates to field or where they Apart from enhancing the over a month, which was the and walks with a slight limp. Ambedkar was adamant that the have been consistently losing. security of MLAs, TMC district second break within a year that After attending the CCS meet- party should give an action The number of seats was imma- leaders also want official securi- he had to take to undergo ing at the prime minister’s res- plan in writing on bringing the Prakash Ambedkar terial. We wanted an action ty for key people in the party medical treatment. The idence, he drove to North RSS in the constitutional frame- plan from the Congress regard- organization ahead of the elec- President of India, as advised Block after the noon sitting in work. The Congress and NCP there is no division of votes. ing bringing the RSS within the tions. “We are preparing a report by the prime minister, has the front seat of Mercedes have earlier said they were ready Ambedkar’s stand is a sign that constitutional framework. If on the security status of MLAs directed to assign the portfolios sedan, instead of his usual Tata to give four seats to Ambedkar. he is not keen on alliance. We are there is no discussion on this, we in the district. We are preparing of the Minister of Finance and Safari SUV. Jaitley had left for However, the latter has disappointed with his approach,” are not going with the Congress,” a separate report on our key Minister of Corporate Affairs the US on January 13 and announced candidates for 12 the source added. The state Ambedkar said. State Congress organizational leaders who may to Arun Jaitley, an official returned on February 9. Lok Sabha seats. leadership has become cautious chief Ashok Chavan said not be MLAs or elected repre- statement said on Friday. During his absence, Interestingly, the Dalit about Ambedkar’s moves and Ambedkar was offered four sentatives but need to be provid- Jaitley tweeted on Friday: Railways and Coal Minister leader, grandson of Dr BR feels that his tactic of not seats as against his demand for ed security cover,” a senior min- “Resumed work at the Ministry Piyush Goyal was given charge Ambedkar, has not announced announcing a candidate in 12 seats. “As far as his other ister and district president of of Finance today (Friday). of the finance ministry on his own candidature from Akola so far, is due to his uncer- demand of restricting the RSS is TMC told PTI, wishing not to be Thankful to Shri Piyush Goyal January 23. Goyal also present- Akola, a Lok Sabha seat he had tainty of his prospects in Akola. concerned, Congress is sup- named. The party leadership will who discharged the responsi- ed the sixth and final Budget of earlier represented. The “There are speculations that he portive of it. We too are against finally submit a report to the state bility at the MoF diligently & the NDA government on Congress Friday expressed sur- may not contest the Akola seat, that ideology. Now, it is up to administration and police, and competently.” Jaitley, 66, who February 1. Even during this prise that he was yet to where he had finished third last Ambedkar to respond,” he said. they will take a call on it. last week returned from the US absence from the ministry, announce the candidate from time,” the source said. “Since the Meanwhile, the Congress is TMC chief whip in the state after undergoing medical treat- Jaitley has been active on social Akola. “We agree there has to be Congress has become cautious, expected to begin the process of assembly Nirmal Ghosh said ment, first attended the Cabinet media writing Facebook posts a common minimum pro- the party is preparing to field a finalising its first list of candi- most party MLAs have voiced Committee on Security (CCS) and tweeting about current gramme. But Ambedkar’s insis- new face in Akola, who will give dates for the Lok Sabha elections concern about their security meeting that Prime Minister issues. Jaitley had undergone a tence that the Congress gives an a tough fight to sitting BJP MP next week. The list will be and either appealed for enhanced Narendra Modi had called to kidney transplant surgery on action plan in writing on how to Sanjay Dhotre and Ambedkar if announced later. The first list cover or made their own discuss the terror attack in May 14, 2018, at AIIMS here curb parallel administration run he decides to contest on his own will include constituencies where arrangements. “I am more cau- south Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- and had not travelled abroad by the RSS in the government is or field his nominee. As far as there is no dispute over choice tious now and have taken steps trict that killed around 40 since then. He had stopped laughable,” a Congress source the Congress is concerned, it will of candidates, the party insiders to strengthen my security. I have CRPF personnel, and then attending office at the begin- said on Friday. wait for Ambedkar to make his said. Party sources told PTI also asked MLAs to be more came to North Block - the seat ning of April last year due to his “Congress will be in a posi- next move. We don’t want a mes- that Wednesday’s meeting careful,” Ghosh said. Biswas, the of the Finance Ministry. kidney ailment and was back in tion to give an action plan or sage to go that we were not between NCP chief Sharad TMC MLA of Krishnaganj, was Sources said he underwent a North Block on August 23, take steps in that direction only accommodating,” the Congress Pawar and Congress president shot dead by unidentified surgery in the US on January 2018. Even then, Goyal had if we are in the government. insider said. Rahul Gandhi was aimed at dis- assailants inside a Saraswati puja 22 for a reported soft tissue manned the ministry for about Now, focus has to be on how to Congress and NCP have cussing the issue of joint cam- marquee in Nadia district on cancer in his left leg. He 100 days. win the election by ensuring said they were ready to give four paigning. Saturday evening. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

EXCLUSIVE PASSAGE... ing with the future of the peo- ally against the terror attack the district authorities, moving (Divisional Commissioner and of Awantipora in south Sharing his anger, the ple, especially the youth, of which is suspected to have swiftly, requisitioned services of District Collector’s office) and Kashmir. Activists of different Union Home Minister later J&K.” On the question of help- received a helping hand from army personnel to restore order Indian Army has ensured that political organisations also tweeted, “The nation will not ing the families of martyred the Pakistani Inter-Services in the area. Security was beefed the situation remains in control demanded stern action against forget the supreme sacrifice of CRPF jawans Rajnath said, “I’ve Intelligence (ISI). “Ministry of up across sensitive areas of and peaceful.” Before the arrival Pakistan and appealed to the our brave jawans. Paid my last requested State Governments to External Affairs will initiate all Jammu city to prevent clashes. of army columns, protesters, Prime Minister to give a befit- respects to the martyrs of extend the maximum help they possible diplomatic steps which Defence Spokesman in particularly in the old city, ting reply to Pakistan. Pulwama in Srinagar today. can lend to the bereaved fami- are to be taken to ensure com- Jammu, Lt Col Devendra refused to disperse even after Their sacrifice will not go in lies. I’ve given all the necessary plete isolation of Pakistan in the Anand in a statement said, “ loudspeakers announced that PAK’S ABDUL RASHEED... vain,” he added. Meanwhile, directions to the officers. The international community,” he after violence broke out in curfew was imposed. Amid inputs of the bike- toll in the deadly strike on morale has not taken a hit. We’ll said, adding “incontrovertible major parts of Jammu city cur- Meanwhile, Jammu wit- borne fidayeen who could hit Friday reached 44. A Jaish-e- see this fight against terrorism evidence” is available of few was imposed and Army nessed complete shutdown on security forces, the movement Mohammad terrorist had to the end.” Meanwhile, a team Pakistan’s direct hand in this was requisitioned by civil Friday while its adjoining areas of convoy of forces in Kashmir rammed his explosives-laden of officers from National gruesome terrorist attack. authorities of Jammu to bring and neighboring districts wit- Valley was suspended on car into a force convoy on the Investigation Agency also visit- the situation under control. He nessed protest demonstrations Friday. Apprehension of law Srinagar-Jammu highway in ed the site of deadly strike in INDIA OUTRAGED... said, the Army reacted prompt- during the day. Samba, Kathua, and order situation was also Lethpora area of Pulwama on Lethpora area and lifted samples Over two dozen different ly and in a swift action, nine Udhampur and Reasi areas cited as a reason for suspension Thursday. After the meeting to carry out further investiga- vehicles were set on fire in Internal Security Columns of also witnessed protest demon- of convoys. Even movement of with the senior security officials tion in the case. Gujjar Nagar, Residency Road, Army from Tiger Division strations. Before the situation administrative vehicles and and State Governor Satya Pal and other parts of Jammu. along with air support from took violent turn Jammu city isolated vehicles were advised Malik, Singh said he has asked PAK STRIPPED... Several protesters received White Knight Corps were was rocked by massive anti- to be restricted. "There will be the officers to review the secu- “The Most Favoured injuries during stone pelting deployed in Gujjar Nagar, Pakistan protests with people no convoy movement today rity provided to people taking Nation status to Pakistan stands between the two groups in Janipur, Shahidi Chowk, Talab taking to the streets in dozens (Friday)" as there are apprehen- money from Pakistan and its revoked,” he said. He said those Gujjar Nagar area. Mobile Khatika and other areas”. “Flag of places, including Jewel sions of law and order problem intelligence agency ISI. aiding and abating the perpe- Internet services, however, marches were also conducted Chowk, Purani Mundi, Rehari, in the Valley," the alert by J&K In an apparent reference to trators will have to pay a heavy remained suspended in Jammu by the IS columns. Helicopters Shaktinagar, Pacca Danga, Police said. Movement of iso- separatist leaders, Rajnath, said, price. The MNF status ensures as a precautionary measure to and UAVs of Army were also Janipur, Gandhinagar and lated vehicle is strictly prohib- “There are some elements who non-discriminatory trade avoid law and order situation. put into operation to monitor Bakshinagar. Bar Association ited while movement of Army are hand in glove with terrorist between two countries. India As the angry protesters spread the situation”. Lt-Col Anand Jammu had also supported the and CRPF vehicles in the inte- organisations, and ISI across the granted MFN status to Pakistan to different parts of Jammu city said, “The proactive approach strike call issued against the rior, inter-district and intra-dis- border. They are involved in in 1996. There has been an out- and raised roadblocks by burn- jointly taken by J&K Police, killing of CRPF troopers in a trict in the Valley is also banned conspiracies too. They are toy- rage nationally and internation- ing tyres and other materials, Civil administration major attack in Lethpora area on Friday, it said. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 nation 07

Maha Govt announces `50L Thousands protest in Mumbai aid to martyrs’ families Uddhav: Time to TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI the Muslims staged protest demnable act”. Sanjay Rajput (45) and Nitin marches in localities of Saifee Ruling Shiv Sena, MNS and Rathod from Buldhana district housands of Muslims from Jubilee Street, Handiwala the NCP organised similar in eastern Maharashtra — in strike inside Pak Tsouth Mumbai joined the Mosque, Sunni Bilal Mosque. protests and demonstrations at the attacks. wide-spread protests staged by Most of these areas observed a various parts of the city other While Sanjay Rajput is PNS n MUMBAI Maintaining that several groups and political spontaneous bandh. parts of the state, while the MNS originally from Malkapur, Nitin Thursday’s terror attack should parties across the metropolis In a related development, activists burnt the Pakistan flags Rathod belonged to hiv Sena president Uddhav be condemned in the strongest against Thursday’s Pulwama the BJP-led by Ram Kadam, Raj in Mumbai and Thane. Chorpangra village in SThackeray on Friday attrib- possible terms, Uddhav said: terror attacks which left 44 Purohit and others –staged The Bharat Diamond Buldhana district. uted the Pulwama attacks “This is not just a terror attack. CRPF personnel dead, even as protests against the Pakistani- Bourse, Gem & Jewellery Sanjay’s brother Rajesh said to the “intelligence failure” and It has exposed the chinks in the the Maharashtra Government sponsored terror strike in dif- Export Promotion Council and that his brother is survived by said it was time to “strike country’s intelligence system”. announced an ex-gratia of Rs ferent parts of the metropolis. Mumbai Diamond Merchants wife Sushma Rajput and two inside Pakistan”. “You (the BJP-led Union 50 lakh each to the next of kin The Maharashtra and Association also held a joint sons Jai (13) and Shubham Talking to media persons, government) conducted surgi- of two jawans from the state Mumbai Congress units condolence meeting for the (11). Sanjay said his brother Uddhav said that those in cal strike in Pak-occupied- killed in the attack. orgainsed special condolence martyred troopers at the BDB had left Nagpur on 11 February charge of the intelligence Kashmir. Now the time has Muslims, carrying the meetings at the state, city and Complex in Bandra Kurla in for his new posting with the machinery in the valley state come to strike inside Pakistan. Indian Tricolour, banners, plac- district party headqua north-central Mumba. 115th battalion in Srinagar. “ I should be removed. The entire country supports the ards and raising anti-Pakistan “We are all one who The city also witnessed called him morning of the day “The issues of alliances, government on this issue,” the slogans, took out a massive pro- mourned the death of live protests outside major subur- of the incident, around 9.30 am, elections will be there. But Sena president said. cession along the busy under and all are sons of ban railway stations where when he told me he had left Pakistan must not be allowed “Instead of making tall Mohammed Ali Road in down- BharatMata! We should not lakh home-bound commuters Jammu at 3.30 am to join his to go scot- free. It should be claims, Pakistan needs to be town south Mumbai. think of caste,a ligion or faith. raised slogans against Pakistan new posting,” Rajesh said.. taught a befitting lesson,” the taught a lesson once and for all. The slogans like “Pakistan We are the followers of and the perpetrators behind Nitin (36) is survived by Sena president said, while If intelligence inputs were not Murdabad, LeT Murdabad, Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam,” the Pulgama attacks wife Vandana, who said has a replying to a question about his available, one wonders what do “Down with Masood Azhar Fadnavis said, while describing Meanwhile, Maharashtra new couple have two minor meeting with Maharashtra the people who are holding the and Hafiz Saeed” and “JeM Protesters stamp over pictures of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar during a the Pulgama terror strikes as an mourned the death of two children — Jeevan (8) and chief minister Devendra reins were doing. They should Murdabad” rented the air, as protest in Mumbai on Friday PTI “absolute cowardly and con- Army jawans — identified as Jivika (5). Fadnavis on Thursday. be removed,” Uddhav said. AIADMK-BJP Kejriwal pays glowing tribute to CRPF martyrs

STAFF REPORTER n on Thursday. poll alliance NEW DELHI The Delhi Chief Minister Delhi political circle united in paying tribute said the entire country is in elhi Chief Minister Arvind grief and there is tremendous STAFF REPORTER n tyrs,” said Tiwari . personnel, who died in a ter- DKejriwal paid tribute to anger among the people on this NEW DELHI Observing that the cow- rorist attack on a Central the Central Reserve Police “highly condemnable and cow- ardly attack is very painful, he Reserve Police Force (CRPF) gets going Force (CRPF) personnel killed ardly” act, he said. erming Pulwama terror said his party expresses full convoy by a Pakistani terror- in Pulwama terror attack at the “We are ready for any Tattack “cowardly”, politi- sympathy with the family ist outfit in Pulwama, near KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n would not join the BJP Palam airport where their cooperation to deal with this cal parties in Delhi expressd members of the brave jawans. Kashmir on Thursday. CHENNAI alliance and would join mortal remains were brought dastardly attack,” he said. their grief and anguish, and “I fully believe that our In a message to Jammu hands with the AMMK. from Srinagar on Friday Delhi Government can- at the same time support to government will give a befit- and Kashmir Governor Satya he process of forming an Goyal returned to New evening. celled all its public pro- family member of the brave ting reply to the terrorists Pal Malik, Dikshit said, “We Telectoral alliance between Delhi early Friday morning “On my way to airport to grammes, including inaugura- jawans. Delhi BJP president, responsible for it and elimi- in the Delhi Pradesh the AIADMK and the BJP for and is expected back in pay respects to martyrs...” tions of various developmen- Manoj Tiwari, on Friday said nate them,” Tiwari said. Congress Committee are the upcoming Lok Sabha poll Chennai for further talks Kejriwal tweeted. “Delhi Government and tal works and festivals, said a the central Government will Delhi Pradesh Congress deeply hurt and disturbed at began in right earnest late sometime next week. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal people of Delhi are in full sup- government statement. give a befitting reply to the Committee (DPCC) the terrorist attack on a CRPF Thursday evening. Union Meanwhile, the DMK –led extended full support to the port of the Central Deputy Chief Minister terrorists involved in the inci- President and former Chief convoy by a Pakistani terror- Minister for Railways Piyush front has started its cam- Central Government and Government at this critical Manish Sisodia and other min- dent. “I am shocked. I can’t Minister of Delhi, Shiela ist outfit in Pulwama near Goyal who is in charge of the paign for the election buoyed armed forces if they take hour and we support whatev- isters of AAP Government understand how should I stop Dikshit also expressed her Kashmir, which resulted in Lok Sabha election for Tamil by the opinion poll results by appropriate action in response er action the Central also cancelled their events and my anger and tears? I pay my condolences to the to the the loss of precious life of 44 Nadu reached Chennai late some of the leading private to the terror attack. Government and our armed public engagements of the day. heartfelt homage to the mar- families of the 44 security security personnel”. Thursday evening and drove agencies which forecast a Delhi Government also forces deem fit to take,” he said. More than 2,500 CRPF, down to the residence of late total sweep in Tamil Nadu by cancelled all official pro- In one of the deadliest many of them returning from industrialist from south-west the DMK. grammes as a mark of respect terror attacks in Jammu & leave to rejoin duty in Tamil Nadu and had a dis- Though Stalin has not for martyred CRPF personal in Kashmir’s three decades of the Valley, were travelling cussion with the AIADMK announced the constituents cowardly attack. militancy, a Jaish suicide in the convoy of 78 vehicles representatives — P of the rainbow alliance, it is Terming the attack a high- bomber rammed an explo- when they were ambushed Thangamani (Power certain that the Congress, ly despicable and craven, the sives-laden vehicle into a CRPF on the Srinagar-Jammu high- Minister) and SP Velumani the Islamist parties, the AAP convener Kejriwal also bus in Pulwama district, killing way at Latoomode in (local administration minis- Lefts, the VCK and the paid homage at the party office around 40 personnel and leav- Awantipora in south Kashmir ter). MDMK led by Vaiko would on DDU Marg. ing many critically wounded around 3.15 pm. This is the first official figure in the DMK-led front. meeting between the “On paper, the DMK AIADMK and the BJP front may look formidable though backroom discussions but one cannot totally rule were on for quite some time out the AIADMK. It has about the poll alliance, nearly 28 per cent of vote according to sources in both share in Tamil Nadu,” said T the parties. “We do not see Ramakrishnan, political com- any reason why there should mentator and author. not be any alliance between The Edappadi the AIADMK and the BJP. A Palaniswamy government formal announcement about has launched a massive pub- the alliance would be made licity drive as part of its third soon,” said Narayanan anniversary. All newspapers Thiruppathi, spokesman of in the State had carried two the BJP. full-page advertisement Another BJP leader told issued by thTamil Nadu gov- The Pioneer that discussions ernment listing the achieve- were on with leaders of the ments made by the Edappadi Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Palaniswamy government the DMDK (led by film actor during the last two years. But Vijayakanth) and Dr if the rush for application for Krishnasamy’s Puthiya contesting the Lok sabha Tamilakam. “There is a pos- polls under the AIADMK sibility that Tamil symbol is any indication, the Manila Congress led by GK party launched by MGR and Vasan too would join the strengthened by Jayalalithaa AIADMK-BJP alliance is in for disappointment. though it may take some “We have received 1740 Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express, India’s first semi-high speed train, at New Delhi Railway Station more time for an announce- applications from prospective on Friday PTI ment,” said the BJP leader. candidates who paid Rs Since Stalin is not enthu- 25,000 each. But this is 60 per siastic in including the TMC cent less than what we in his front, Vasan is left with received in 2014,” said O PM inaugurates Vande Bharat Express only two options, either to Panneerselvam,. Deputy chief STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI Express has also partnered with restaurant pitch his tent in the minister. chain Pind Balluchi and The Landmark Hotel AIADMK-BJP front or to sail This means that there is rime Minister Narendra Modi launched for onboard meals. The Varanasi-bound Delhi with TTV Dhinakaran’s a dip in the popularity PIndia’s first semi-high speed train on train tickets are priced at `1,760 for the chair AMMK. But Anbazhagan, enjoyed by the party com- Friday. The express, initially called Train 18, car and to `3,310 for the executive class, an political commentator who is pared to its 2014 perfor- which was rechristened to Vande Bharat order by the Railways said. As for the return close confidante of mance when it swept 37 of Express will run between Delhi and Varanasi. journey, a CC ticket would cost `1,700 and Dhinakaran said Vasan the 39 seats from the State. Along with the finest amenities, Vande Bharat `3,260 for EC, as per the order. Delhiites hold candlelight marches STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI against Pakistan. “Delhi Police facilitated the movement of peo- undreds of people from all ple who gathered at India Gate in Hwalks of life on Friday gath- large numbers to express soli- ered at India Gate and Jantar darity and pay homage to the Mantar to hold candle light martyrs who were killed in the marches to express solidarity attack,” Madhur Verma, Deputy with the families of the CRPF Commissioner of Police (New jawans killed in Pulwama attack. Delhi) said. Around 100 Indian Some members of the Youth Youth Congress (IYC) mem- Congress were detained as they bers assembled at Teen Murti attempted to march towards the Marg and raised slogans against Pakistan High Commission to Pakistan. IYC vice president protest against the audacious Srinivas B V alleged that there attack in south Kashmir that left were lapses on the part of the at least 40 jawans dead. Indian Youth Congress workers detained by the police during a protest against the Union Government which led to From students to politicians, killing of CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack in New Delhi on Friday the attack. The IYC volunteers, members of social organisations who planned to protest outside to the common folks, the crowd the Pakistan High Commission, gathered at the two venues Delhi chief of the Rashtriya Lok Amit Shukla, who too par- were detained by police near demanded adequate compensa- Samata Party as he participated ticipated in the march at India Chanakyapuri Police Station at tion for the families of the dead in the candle light march at India Gate, said the sacrifice of the Teen Murti Marg. At least 15 soldiers and that Pakistan be Gate. “We also demand that the Central Reserve Police Force people who protested outside the given a “befitting reply”. Government announce `1 crore (CRPF) jawans must not go in Pakistan High Commission here “Pakistan has to be given a (as compensation) for the mar- vain as he urged the Union gov- courted arrested but were let off strong reply,” said Om Prakash, tyrs families,” he added. ernment to take urgent steps later, Verma said. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Hit Pakistan back hard While the Government must retaliate, it must be Emperor in peril pro-active and not reactive and use its strategic chips eyond all the condemnation and The Royal Bengal Tiger is not only at the top of the food chain in the wild but constitutes a blood-curdling fury of the dastardly BPulwama attack, the worst offensive vital link in maintaining nature’s rich diversity and ecosystems. Will it become extinct? by terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir, and the candlelight vigils for the young martyrs, the only big takeaway is that we can no longer be seen as a soft state and notch up a time- line of fidayeen honours; we need to take demonstrable muscular action. So even if the world, US and Russia included, have condemned the attack and we have with- drawn our MFN status to Pakistan to choke HIRANMAY KARLEKAR it economically, there has to be a strong message to the Jaish-e-Mohammad. India recent PTI report cites must junk strategic delicacies and robust- researchers as saying that rising sea levels, caused by climate ly insist its chief Masood Azhar be named a UN-designated terrorist, global action change, could destroy the be taken against him and Pakistan be isolated diplomatically if it does not hand world’s biggest mangrove forest him over. The message should be that Jammu & Kashmir can no longer be milked —A Sunderbans — spanning more than 10,000 square kilometres in India and politically as years of talks have yielded nothing and backdoor engagement has Bangladesh, in the next 50 years. It quotes only meant that one or the other group and local politicians have wangled some Sharif Mukul, an assistant professor at the relevance and power in the process. The only winner here has been the Pakistani Independent University, Bangladesh, as saying that analyses by researchers indicate deep state, which is using terror to maintain its hold over the strategic backyard, that the Sunderban’s tiger habitats would especially in relation to Afghanistan and China. And now that the Taliban, to whom vanish by 2070. The area being perhaps the Pakistan has provided safe havens all these years, is reclaiming its hold in most important habitat of the majestic ani- vis-a-vis mal, the development has serious implica- Afghanistan following the US plans to pull out troops, it is chuckling tions for the Royal Bengal Tiger’s survival. India. We have to be proactive, not reactive, considering the size of our econo- The report further quotes Bill Lawrence, a my and consequent relevance in South Asian geopolitics. professor at Australia’s James Cook University, as stating that the animal, now The attack is disturbing not only for the unprecedented scale of human dev- “mainly confined to small areas of India and astation but for other reasons. Coming as it does after attempts on a series of Bangladesh”,is “facing a double whammy”— defence establishments, it shows that our standard operating procedures are no the increasing unavailability of the good for protecting Army bases and the militants have somehow not only inno- Sunderbans area for themselves and their prey as well as encroachment by industry, vated but penetrated deep layers of our security systems with the ease of a sly construction of roads and poaching. fox. There has been talk of armoured vehicles for convoys but the proposal has All of this warrants concern on two hardly got off the ground. Second, though the Army and our intelligence claim counts — the future of the Royal Bengal have been taken towards the lat- sight and address the interest of 160 km from Yavatmal — to an Tiger as a species, the consequences of the ter. The international ban on the local people in areas around explosives company in Chakdoh to have penetrated local networks, they have not picked up the radicalised muta- extinction of tigers and the developments trade in tigers, instituted in tiger reserves. for manufacturing defence prod- tion of terrorist modules. What else could explain that though the security forces leading to both. As to the first, around 97 1993, has vastly reduced the mass In June, 2007, it constitut- ucts. Worse, the land earmarked have smashed the Jaish and Lashkar camps and taken out their top comman- per cent of the world’s tiger population per- slaughter of the species by poach- ed a multi-disciplinary Tiger being reportedly in the tiger cor- ished in the last 100 years and, according ing and trade. Nevertheless, and Other Endangered Species ridor between Bor and Melghat ders, the propaganda machine from across the border has managed to nurture to the latest statistics, only 3,890 tigers are poaching and illegal trade con- Crime Control Bureau (Wildlife tiger reserves, the factory would and proselytize local teenagers into believing that shahadat for the liberation of left in the world. The developments lead- tinue not only to provide the Crime Control Bureau), to com- prevent the movement of tigers Kashmir is greater than life itself. True, Jaish has been worried about its reced- ing to the extinction of tigers include the manufacturers of traditional bat organised illegal trading in between the two. Also, the pro- destruction of their forest habitats for Chinese medicines but fuel a wildlife and their derivatives. In posal to widen, from meter to ing pockets of influence as November and December 2018 have been the dead- human settlements, industry and infrastruc- demand for tiger heads and May, 2012, the Centre advised broad gauge, the 176-km Akola- liest months with 39 terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir. One of the major ture, the consequent increase in human-tiger skins as status symbols and dec- the States to each create, arm Khandawa railway, a 39 kilome- kills was of Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Naveed Jatt. The Army is in fact now conflict and the extensive use of tiger parts orative items. and deploy a Special Tiger tre stretch of which passes in Chinese medicines. At the national level, China POACHING, Protection Force around the through the Melghat reserve, focussing on terrorist leadership in the hubs of Shopian, Anantnag, Budgam, Kulgam Encroachments on tiger habitats are has done much to increase its PARTICULARLY IN habitats of the big cats. A num- threatens to cause more acci- and Srinagar. Significantly, credible local intelligence also came from the local liable to grow given the continuing increase tiger population in the country’s ber of States, including dents, wildlife mortality and population, who are tired and exhausted after losing family members and want in human population, the rising demands North-eastern region by recent- THE FORM OF Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, fragmentation of habitat. for housing settlements and industrial and ly establishing the Tiger and POISONING WHICH Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, Much of what has been to be stakeholders in their own lives. Without local cooperation, security forces agricultural products arising therefrom. The Leopard National Park — 1.6 have already done so. achieved in protecting the tiger could not have neutralised about 18 terrorists, including top commanders, in South incidence of conflict between people and times larger than Yellowstone CAUSES The results have been grat- would be lost if the trend con- Kashmir over four days! So Jaish was indirectly sending a message to the local tigers is also set to rise as the decline in the National Park in the United PROLONGED AND ifying. The number of tigers has tinues. The results would be dis- Kashmiris as well by roping in one of them as a suicide bomber. Third, the tac- availability of prey, who share tigers’ shrink- States. India, home to 70 per risen from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706 astrous. The Royal Bengal Tiger ing habitats, compels the latter to target cent of tigers in the world, PAINFUL DEATH, in 2010 and 2,226 in 2014. The is not only at the top of the food tics employed by the assailants, ramming in an explosive-laden vehicle into the domesticated animals like cattle. Finally, launched Project Tiger in April CONTINUES. current census, which began in chain in the wild but constitutes intended target, were painfully similar to those of the ISIS in Syria and Afghanistan there is no sign of any fall in the demand 1973 when Indira Gandhi was 2018, is expected to produce a a vital link in maintaining and seems Kashmir will be their new hunting ground for nihilistic attacks against for tiger parts in Chinese medicines despite Prime Minister. It aims at ensur- ENCROACHMENTS higher figure. Yet complacence nature’s rich diversity and it being medically established that they have ing viable population of Royal would be disastrous. Poaching, ecosystems that sustain both the Indian state. Most importantly, any hitback, which will be expectedly brutal no medicinal value at all. Bengal Tigers in their natural INTO TIGER particularly in the form of poi- nature and people. And it is not and punishing, can polarise society further and worse drive modern Kashmiris, China has postponed the implementa- habitats, protecting them from HABITATS soning, which causes prolonged just the tiger. Over 3,000 species some of whom have just begun the process of mainstreaming themselves eco- tion of its decision to lift the ban on the use extinction and setting up and painful death, continues. are becoming extinct every of tiger bones and rhino horns — from both reserves for the purpose. There CONTINUE Encroachments into tiger habi- year. Indeed, the world is now nomically and socially in our metro cities, back into ghettos of suspicion. If the animals bred in captivity — by hospitals, and are now 50 of the latter. In tats continue. It would be illus- in the midst of its sixth mass communal riots in Jammu are any indication, then we have set back that process domestic trade in antique tiger and rhino September, 2006, it set up the trative to cite a few examples extinction of plants and animals by decades. As for the government, which has mouthed “josh” far too many products, which would have given a cover National Tiger Conservation from Maharashtra which has a in the last half-a-billion years, of legitimacy to the sale of parts from Authority to extend statutory very poor record in this respect. and the worst since the extinc- times, it is time to show one and end Pakistan’s adventurism once and for all. poached animals. The decision, though most authority to Project Tiger to Last year, it sanctioned the tion of dinosaurs 65 million welcome, needs to be made permanent and provide legal sanction to its diversion of 467.5 hectares of years ago. At this rate, as many Beijing has to further step up its efforts to directives, foster accountability forest land in Yavatmal district as 30 to 50 per cent of all species stanch illegal trade in animal parts. on the part of the Centre and for a cement plant. Also, its rec- would be moving toward End of the runway The fate of the Royal Bengal Tiger will the States in the management of ommendation has led to the extinction by the middle of be determined by the interplay of these fac- tiger reserves by providing a clearance, in principle, of 87.98 this century. tors and the measures taken to conserve and basis for MoUs among them, hectares of land in Kondhali and (The writer is Consultant Production of Airbus A380 is coming to a close by 2021 increase their number. Significant measures providing parliamentary over- Kalmeshwar ranges — barely Editor, The Pioneer, and an and we should not forget this engineering marvel n May 2007, Vijay Mallya and his S O U N D BITE Kingfisher Airlines were both still flying The US calls on Pakistan to end We have given the full The aim of terrorism is to He (Modi) had said the Ihigh. A year earlier, the flamboyant busi- immediately the support and authority to security forces divide the country and we Congress did not have nessman and the then Member of Parliament safe haven provided to to decide the time, place are not going to be divid- ability to teach a lesson all terrorist groups and nature of any further ed. We will support the (to Pakistan). Everyone had ordered five of Airbus’ massive A380 operating on its soil. operations to retaliate. Government in its actions. has seen what happened. superjumbo aircraft at the Paris Air Show White House Press Secretary Prime Minister Congress chief NC chief and got the European manufacturer to fly —Sarah Sanders —Narendra Modi —Rahul Gandhi —Sharad Pawar in the aircraft into India to show off. In flights over Delhi and Mumbai, Mallya regaled the high and mighty of both cities and those, who were not lucky enough to enjoy a flight L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR on-board, were mesmerised by the sheer Exposing fake peddlers the Government wants use the sight of something so large, so massive even Address systematic deficiencies to end terrorism CAG’s report — which claimed being able to take to the skies. The A380 that NDA’s Rafale deal was 2.86 defied, it would appear to someone on the street, the fundamental laws of physics. Sir — This refers to the editori- his refers to the report, “42 CRPF jawans martyred per cent cheaper than the UPA’s al, “Comptroller revived” in fidayeen crash” (February 15). The dastardly attack — to safeguard their political The huge plane could fly close to 900 people over 12,000 km and it was meant (February 15). Indeed, the Ton a Central Reserve Police Force convoy on the interests? to revolutionise air travel across the world by not just providing extreme luxury Comptroller and Auditor General Srinagar-Jammu highway in Pulwama district is a cow- N Nagarajan but also propelling prices down for budget travel. of India’s (CAG) job is very tough ardly attempt on the part of extremist forces to perpetrate Via email terror on Indian soil from across the border. It is unfor- Twelve years on, Kingfisher Airlines collapsed in a heap, exacerbating India’s considering the low strength of its employees and the amount of tunate that even after being admonished publicly and Payback time bad loan crisis and Mallya is currently a fugitive in London fighting extradition. scrutiny it always faces. Since the warned of surgical strikes against any form of outrageous And Airbus just announced that they would deliver the last Airbus A380 in 2021. auditing body has made some aggression or violation of the ceasefire agreement, the gross miscalculations in the past Pakistani leadership has not mended its ways or differ- Sir — It is heartening that the The Airbus A380, an aircraft that cost over $25 billion to develop, could not even so as to deliver its report fast, it entiated itself from non-state actors. At the same time, Supreme Court thinks that recoup its developmental costs. While Airbus basically prints money on every became all the more pressing for the gruesome incident has once again brought to light viding it with vast access to real-time information. It is Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief narrow body A320 aircraft it sells to low-cost airlines, the failure of the A380 it to be impartial and accurate in the vulnerabilities in India's counter-terrorism policy. time our lawmakers wriggle out of political quagmire and Mayawati should return the its findings. In an attempt to radicalise the anaemic internal secu- address the lack of institutional arrangement for the man- ‘hundreds of crores’ of public will be a huge hit to its pride. Not least because the plane it was meant to replace, As far as Congress chief rity mechanism, the National Counter-Terrorism Centre agement of India’s counter-terrorism response. While pro- money she spent on statues of the Boeing 747, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first flight, will pos- Rahul Gandhi’s obsession with (NCTC) was envisaged by the Government in the after- curement and indigenous manufacturing of arms are wel- herself and the BSP’s party sym- sibly outlive the Airbus A380 on the production line. A lot of things went wrong the Rafale deal is concerned, it is math of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The NCTC, it come, it is imperative to remove system-wide deficien- bol to the exchequer. but yet another ploy to find faults was proposed, would have access to counter-terrorism cies in skills and capabilities. The country can ill-afford The apex court should look for the Airbus A380 starting with production delays and the fact that the plane with the Prime Minister and his intelligence generated by India’s covert services as well repeated embarrassments and loss of precious lives at into similar misuse of funds — entered an aviation market that was transforming rapidly thanks to low-cost short- Government. Now that the CAG as have authority over the National Security Guard and the hands of a few extremist forces. there are numerous such range and long-haul travel. Extremely efficient aircraft such as the Boeing 787 has given clean chit to Modi and the National Intelligence Agency. Newly-created electron- Shreyans Jain instances — by both the Central Delhi and Airbus’ own A350, that used new manufacturing technologies and engines, the BJP, Rahul Gandhi’s criticism ic databases would make up the NCTC’s backbone, pro- as well as State Governments sounds hollow. Having said that, and hold them accountable. sipped fuel at ridiculously low rates. But analysing why the aircraft failed to be the Government should have This will not only boost India’s the sales success that Airbus executives thought it would be is a story for a dif- reacted to all these false allega- Face the test other internal auditor, earned clean chit. Earlier, the Supreme failing economy but also come ferent time. The fact is that the world is losing an engineering marvel from the tions smartly and not allowed it the high reputation of being Court, too, had found no irreg- to the aid of the thousands who to snowball into a controversy. ‘nosy’. This time, it seems, in the ularities in the deal. If both the still live below the poverty line production line. However, it is likely that this Leviathan of the skies will keep fly- What a shame that a genuine Sir — This refers to the editor- nation’s interest, they closed Constitutional bodies have given in our country. ing for at least another decade or two, and those who must experience this air- need and demand of the Indian ial, “Comptroller revived” their nose while preparing the the Modi Government a clean Jameel Ahmad craft still have a few years left to do so. Residents of Delhi and Mumbai can still Air force has turned into a (February 15). When it comes to report of the Rafale deal. chit over the Rafale deal, why Via email bizarre drama. public spending, the Selective reading makes it clear not close the issue and place the marvel at the sight of this plane filling their skies on a daily basis for a few more Bal Govind Comptroller and Auditor that the Government wants to records before a Joint Send your feedback to: years. 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KONSTANTINOS E FARSALINOS The Pulwama terror attack is a rude call to the nation to accept the fact that militancy in lectronic cigarettes are recently developed products that have Kashmir has been overtaken by radicals who now want absolute Talibanisation created intense controversy among the scientific and public Ehealth community. The uproar was expected considering the fact that e-cigarettes contain nicotine and their use resembles smok- ing. However, both these characteristics are crucial for the role of e-cigarettes in tobacco harm reduction. But what is tobacco harm reduction? It is a strategy to reduce harm from risky behaviours through the use of less harmful alternatives. It is an approach as we use in our every day lives. The use of seatbelts and helmets are typical cases of harm reduction — in this case the aim is to reduce risks of injury and death in accidents. And while the use of cars and motorcycles is essential (going to work and transferring goods), no one ever suggested that the use of cars for recreation, as when we go for a trip on weekends with our family, should be ANIL GUPTA banned because of the risks associated with accidents. The same concept applies to tobacco harm reduction, con- he deadly suicide car bomb attack on a sidering the difficulty in quitting smoking and the use of other harm- convoy of the Central Reserve Police ful tobacco products. Tobacco harm reduction is based on the TForce (CRPF) at Awantipora in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district, which claimed absence of combustion, which is a process that creates almost all the lives of more than 40 troopers and left of the toxins that a smoker inhales, resulting in high risk for dis- many injured, is a rude call to the nation to ease and death. E-cigarettes have no combustion and do not con- smell the coffee and accept the fact that mil- tain tobacco. Available scientific evidence provides that e-cigarettes itancy in Kashmir has been overtaken by rad- are by far less harmful than smoking. In fact, they fit perfectly to ical jihadists, who want the Talibanisation of the definition of tobacco harm reduction. Kashmir. The latest attack was the most But why is it hard for people to realise the potential of these severe of all and led to the highest number of products? The key answer to this lies in the demonisation of nico- ‘deaths’. Kashmir witnessed the last such tine. That was understandable in a period when the only source attack in 2001, when three terrorists belong- for nicotine intake was the harmful tobacco cigarette. But the use ing to the Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out an of nicotine through a non-combustible less harmful source has attack on the Jammu & Kashmir State Assembly complex in Srinagar using a Tata been proven to be of little harm. In the US and the UK, health Sumo loaded with explosives that rammed into authorities have approved the long-term (even life-long) use of the main gate. Around 38 civilians and three nicotine in the form of pharmaceutical nicotine replacement ther- suicide bombers were killed. The next spate of apies as smoking and tobacco substitutes, acknowledging that such car bomb attacks was witnessed in 2005 there is no circumstance in which nicotine intake through a clean when between June and November, three product would be more harmful than smoking. In that respect, attacks on different targets killed 23 civilian tobacco harm reduction with the use of products such as e-cig- and security forces personnel. Car bomb arettes can offer tremendous opportunities. attacks bear the signature of Taliban and Al For start, this is an intervention that costs nothing to tax pay- Qaeda style of fighting, both of whom are rad- ers and the Government. These products are self-funded by users, ical jihadist terror groups. The preferred mode of suicide attacks by do not require expertise and organised smoking cessation clinics terrorists in Kashmir was the attack on the and are not subsidised by the healthcare system. In fact, trying to security forces camps termed as “fidayeen hits” provide access through prescription would be disastrous; e-ciga- and ambushes close to the Line of Control The Kashmiri youth has been lured into is also worth noting. It not only coincides with rience. rettes are chosen based on the smokers’ self-preference, making (LoC) referred to as “BAT attack” till the killing jihad on the understanding that azaadi-relat- the renewed efforts of peace talks with the Since JeM has claimed the attack, involve- it impossible for any healthcare professional to understand which of dreaded terrorist Burhan Wani. The reason ed activism would lead them to “heaven.” As vet- Taliban but also with the heat building up with- ment of Pakistan is obvious. Another fact that product would fit the needs and preferences of every smoker. Thus, was obvious. Terrorists and their akas in eran Kashmiri politician Muzzafar Hussain Beig in India in view of the 2019 elections. is obvious and unambiguous is that in Pakistan, in countries with limited availability and accessibility to organised Pakistan were reluctant to cross the “threshold” said, “It is an IS-sponsored religious war in The security forces will have to remain the reins of the Government are firmly in the smoking cessation clinics, e-cigarettes represent an amazing oppor- fearing loss of popular public support. Till this Kashmir. It is not a fight for political freedom alive to the growing jihadist challenge and act hands of the notorious triad of Mullah-Military- tunity for smokers to quit. Additionally, these products represent a period, Kashmir was being radicalised. The or choice between India and Pakistan but swiftly and firmly to counter their new strat- Militants with the Inter-Services Intelligence new business challenge. Local development and production of e- aftermath of Burhan Wani’s killing indicated between heaven and hell.” It is the race to heav- egy. It is important to note the claim made by (ISI) and terrorists ruling the roost and calling that the enemy had succeeded in radicalising en that has brain-washed the Kashmiri youth JeM that Adil Ahmad was inspired to become the shots. The so-called peace gestures of their cigarettes can open up new business opportunities, develop a new the Kashmiri society. Large-scale public sup- and the likes of alleged car bomber, Aadil a suicide bomber after the Taliban claimed Prime Minister and the Army Chief are only a flourishing industry while serving public health and creating prod- port to the terrorists, rise in stone-throwing Ahmad alias Waqas Commando of Gundi Bagh, “victory” due to the announcement by US smoke-screen to their real intents. India should ucts that fit better to the needs of the local community. attacks on security forces and senseless killings Pulwama. This also explains the fact as to how President Trump to reduce the American boot not fall prey to the trap laid by the triad in the Of course, all products, including e-cigarettes, need to be reg- of Army men, policemen and civilians not the Jaish has been able to carry out this dastard- strength in Afghanistan. Any decline in res- form of opening the Kartarpur Corridor by using ulated. This is not a complex task. The European Union has creat- receiving the type of condemnation they ly attack despite the claim by security forces of olute and integrated response by the security their puppet Imran Khan. ed a simplified and easy-to-comply regulation that has been imple- deserved were indicators enough to assess that virtually eliminating the JeM leadership in the forces in Kashmir may lead them to harbour There is no doubt that Pakistan continues mented since 2016. While not perfect, it can form the basis for reg- jihadists had overtaken the reins of the ongo- Valley, including two close relatives of Jaish such ideas of presumed “victory” and embold- with its policy of state sponsorship of terrorism ulatory decisions in any country. According to the regulation, e-cig- ing movement in Kashmir. Subsequent state- supremo Masood Azhar. A spurt of sniper en the jihadists further. and abetting and aiding cross-border adventur- arettes are not medicinal products and they are clearly distinguished ments made by Zakir Musa, one-time accom- attacks on the security forces camps also indi- Though it is too early to get involved with ism fully embedded with jihadi terror. The from combustible or other harmful tobacco products. The latter is plish of Burhan Wani, and the present self- cated the aggressive posture adopted by the fact-finding, many inputs lead to believe that reduction of American boots will provide ISI the styled commander of Al Qaeda-affiliate terror- jihadists but was soon neutralised by the Army there has been “negligence.” In an active con- additional strength of the Taliban and other a key factor — any framework should be based on a clear differ- ist organisation, Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, ridi- through its counter-strategy. flict zone where jihadists are purportedly fight- Afghan-specific jihadist terrorists to be employed entiation between tobacco cigarettes (or other harmful forms of tobac- culing the Hurriyat leadership and the so-called Ironically, the mainstream political lead- ing for the fulfilment of divine will — Ghazwa- against India. Pakistan has been temporarily able co) and e-cigarettes so that smokers have a clear understanding azadi movement were clear and loud enough ership of Kashmir, which has of late become e-Hind — there is no scope for negligence. to tide over the economic crisis due to the hid- about the risk difference between products. Quality standards should to be ignored but did lead to the present state. pro-jihadist, is refusing to accept the obvious Despite the warning issued by the Jammu & den Chinese support and magnanimity of its be set, which should be reasonable and not make the products unnec- Despite the reverses suffered by various and continues to harp the same old story of a Kashmir Police through their signal dated Muslim friends. This has further emboldened essarily expensive. Marketing should be regulated so that only smok- tanzeems due to the successful intelligence ‘political problem’ and ‘misled innocent boys’ February 8, and circulation of a video captured the country to support jihadists and use them ers and users of other harmful tobacco products are targetted. Finally, based operations launched by the security who need to be dealt with sympathy rather from terrorists showing car bomb attack in to implement their anti-India policy. How taxation should be avoided because of the role of these products forces, the resolve of the jihadists did not dither. than an iron hand. This attitude of theirs has Afghanistan, there are many questions to be much effect the Government’s decision to as smoking substitutes; in that respect, any taxation would favour Their attacks became more deadly, barbaric and only emboldened the jihadists. The latest answered about the sanitisation of the area and withdraw ‘most favoured nation’ status to use of cheaper but very harmful tobacco products. daring. There was a clear divide in the attempt of to set up a communal and religious the efficacy of Road Opening Parties. There Pakistan will have, only time will tell. Kashmiri society between the peace-seekers divide is evident from the politicking over the once again arises the need to review the high- Nevertheless, its immediate response will be of E-cigarettes have a strong potential for a positive public health and pro-jihad radicals. While the peace-seek- grant of divisional status to Ladakh by raising er command system of the Central Armed playing the ‘victim hood’ card and further gen- impact. Such an impact has already been documented in coun- ers provided intelligence to the security forces similar demands for Kargil and Muslim- Police Forces (CAPFs). The present system of erating anti-India hysteria. The Government of tries where they have been available for years, such as the UK. As for launching surgical operations against the majority districts south of Pir Panjal, mischie- deputing Indian Police Service (IPS) officers India will have to use its diplomatic strength and for India, where access to smoking cessation services is difficult terrorists, the radicalised supporters of jihadists vously referring to them as Chenab Valley and to occupy higher ranks has been found want- international good will to designate Pakistan as and tobacco use has a deep cultural background, there is an even provided them shelter, food and cover from the Panjal regions. ing on numerous occasions in the past as well. a “terror state.” The nation needs to unite to stronger potential to reduce tobacco-related disease and death. security forces by resorting to stone-pelting on The Governor’s administration will have There is a strong case for higher command counter the jihadist challenge. Banning e-cigarettes would be a perfect ‘gift’ for tobacco and would those involved in anti-terror operations. The to act firm and quick to douse the fire lit by posts to be occupied by cadre officers who have (The writer is a Jammu-based political com- strongly (though unintentionally) protect tobacco cigarette sales. modus operandi of the jihadists bore more and these forces. It may well become the alibi for gone through the rigours of ground-level func- mentator, columnist and security and (The writer is a research fellow, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center more semblance to the Islamic State (IS), Al spreading the wings of jihadists to these hith- tioning of their respective forces instead of gen- strategic analyst. The views expressed are and at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece) Qaeda and Taliban style of operations. erto peaceful areas. The timing of the attack eral cadre IPS officers who lack combat expe- entirely personal) Democracy not real test in Catalonia trial FOREIGN EYE Even as elections loom large in Spain, the ‘Catalan problem’ will not go away. Neither will the ‘Basque problem’, which involves almost identical dilemmas on the other side of the country. There is no ‘fair’ solution, just endless unsatisfactory compromises Government would almost certainly 45 per cent of the population voted in speakers do back independence. How not have brought such extreme charges the referendum and 90 per cent of them can you choose to disregard the views against the Catalan would-be martyrs. voted for independence. Those who of the Spanish-speaking half of the (Oriol Junqueras, former Vice President didn’t vote could now be dragged out region’s current population in order to of the separatist regional Government of Spain without further ado. Hurrah sneak your independence project of Catalonia, faces a possible 25 years for democracy! through? By believing that they are not in prison.) But the charges were For the secessionist leaders, it was entitled to a view because they are not DRUG WAR: PROTECT GWYNNE DYER brought under the previous Right-wing a two-way bet. Just possibly, the rest of real Catalans. Of course, you never say THE INNOCENT Government of Mariano Rajoy and the world would fail to notice how the it quite like this in public. t’s been a busy week in Spain. On Sanchez couldn’t just cancel them. vote was rigged, accept it as a democ- These views persist and the The war on drugs must be Tuesday, Twelve Catalan leaders of Sanchez’s Socialist Party, which ratic exercise and recognise their claim. ‘Catalan problem’ will not go away. Ithe attempted secession from took power last June, depended on two Just possibly, too, the Spanish state Neither will the ‘Basque problem’, fought, but like most wars it Spain in 2017 went on trial in small Catalan separatist parties for its would be so weak that it would fail to which involves almost identical dilem- causes most casualties Madrid, charged with rebellion, sedi- majority. It has fallen because the As the trial began, Jordi Sanchez, pendence in which only those in defend the rights of the half of mas on the other side of Spain. It’s the among non-combatants. tion and misuse of public funds. And Catalans felt he had done too little to one of the twelve, tweeted: “I am going favour of separation would vote. Catalonia’s population who wanted to classic problem facing long-established The strategic objective is on Wednesday the Spanish prevent the trial of the ‘Catalan twelve’. in with my head held high, convinced Such a referendum was illegal stay in Spain. Or, more likely, the ethnic and linguistic groups that have not so much the capture of Government fell when two small The trial will continue and the snap that self-determination is not a crime.” under the Spanish Constitution, which Spanish Government would intervene become minorities, or just barely Catalan nationalist parties voted election that must now follow will be The trial is really about “the right to self- forbids secession, so the pro-Spanish to stop this attempted kidnapping and majorities, in their own lands. There is occasional kingpins, but against its budget, essentially to pun- held in an atmosphere of super-heat- determination and the democratic parties would boycott the referen- arrest those who had led it. They could no ‘fair’ solution, just endless unsatis- minimising the harm they, ish it for not stopping the trial. ed nationalism. The separatists prob- principle,” said defence lawyer Andreu dum. They would have to boycott it in then be portrayed as pro-democracy factory compromises. and their products, do to But Prime Minister Pedro ably don’t mind. van den Eyde. But all this talk of high order to stay within the law. Whereas martyrs. That would be almost as help- The new Spanish Government that their customers, whether by Sanchez’s Government couldn’t have We are already being treated to a principle is quite beside the point. all those who wanted independence — ful to the nationalist cause and it’s what emerges from the forthcoming snap addiction or incarceration. stopped the trial at this point: Spanish feast of nationalist rhetoric cloaked in What actually happened in almost half the population — would is happening right now. election, whatever it is (nobody knows), courts are independent. And the the idiom of democratic rights over this Catalonia in 2017 was that Catalan defy the law and cast their votes. To be fair to Catalan nationalists, won’t be able to solve the problem The jailing of a notorious ‘Catalan Twelve’ are certainly guilty of trial. Former Catalan President Carles nationalists, unable to win a convinc- That’s exactly how it worked. most of their fellow-citizens in the either. The most it can do, if it’s sensi- cocaine smuggler will not something, although it isn’t ‘rebellion’, Puigdemont, who declared Catalonia’s ing majority for their project of inde- Every opinion poll for years had region who oppose independence are ble, is to commute any prison sentences end the drug wars. We which in Spanish law involves a violent independence but chose to go into exile pendence, decided to skip the bit shown that Catalonia was split right Spanish-speakers, descended from imposed on the ‘Catalan Twelve’ and must fight them with more uprising. They are guilty of cheating but rather than face trial when the gambit about a convincing majority. They did down the middle, with around 45 per people who immigrated from other deny them martyrdom. there isn’t any law against that. failed, declared that the trial is “a stress control the regional Government, so cent for independence, 45 per centa- regions to share in Catalonia’s indus- (The writer is an independent regard for the victims. Sanchez’s now defunct test for the Spanish democracy.” they declared a referendum on inde- gainst it and 10per cent undecided. Just trial prosperity. A majority of Catalan- journalist) (The Guardian editorial) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 nation 10

Communal violence in Jammu, Poonch IANS n JAMMU shops and vehicles belonging to a particular community hops, vehicles and other were attacked in Aala Peer Sproperty belonging to a area, forcing police to use tear particular community came smoke and batons. under attack in Poonch and “People are advised to Jammu, forcing authorities to maintain calm and not play into clamp curfew in Jammu, the hands of anti-social ele- during a shutdown to ments who want to exploit the denounce a suicide bombing situation for their nefarious that killed 44 CRPF troopers objectives,” a police officer said. in the Kashmir Valley. The Jammu Chamber of Authorities first imposed Commerce and Industry curfew and sought the Army’s (JCCI), an influential body of help to restore order in the win- traders and industrialists, had ter capital of Jammu & Kashmir earlier called a shutdown in where scores of youths protest- Jammu city against the terror ing against the suicide attack strike in the Valley’s Pulwama torched some vehicles and district on Thursday on a Officers from Forensic Science smashed many more believed CRPF convoy. Laboratory carry debris for examination Aadhaar cards, to be from the Valley. Rakesh Gupta, President of in Pampore on Friday AP Jammu District Magistrate JCCI, an influential body of A protester shouts slogans against force IDs help Ramesh Kumar said curfew local traders and industrialists, Thursday’s attack on a paramilitary had been imposed in the entire told IANS, “I appeal to the peo- convoy, in Jammu, on Friday AP Rajnath among Jammu city to maintain peace. ple belonging to different sec- identify martyrs Police used tear smoke tions of the society to maintain in Badgam district. pallbearers and batons to disperse the the traditional harmony and Rajnath Singh co-chaired New Delhi: Aadhaar cards, mobs. The curfew was brotherhood for which Jammu a meeting of the Unified PTI n SRINAGAR ID cards, leave applications imposed initially in Jammu’s has been known ever since the Headquarters with Governor and certain other articles Gujjar Nagar, Talab Khatikan, fires of violence spread in the Satya Pal Malik here. ith the bugler playing were the only things left of Janipur, Bakshi Nagar, Chenni (Kashmir) Valley.” The Unified Headquarters Wthe ‘last post’, Home most of the 44 CRPF person- Heemat, Bus Stand and some Meanwhile, Union Home is the apex anti-militancy grid Minister Rajnath Singh turned nel killed in the Pulwama ter- other places in old city area Minister Rajnath Singh attend- in the State comprising top a pallbearer on Friday as the ror attack that helped their and later extended to the ed the wreath laying ceremo- officials of the Army, Central bodies of 44 paramilitary per- colleagues identify them, offi- entire city. ny of the troopers at the Armed forces, local police sonnel killed in an audacious cials said on Friday. Violence also erupted in Humhama Regimental and State and Central terror strike in South Kashmir’s Officials said as the bod- Poonch district, where too Training Centre of the CRPF Intelligence Agencies. Pulwama district were sent on ies of the troops were badly their last journey home. mutilated and charred due on Singh, accompanied by a the impact of the RDX-trig- high-level team comprising gered blast, it became very officials from the CRPF, NIA difficult to ascertain their and Home Ministry, arrived identities. Most of the slain here on Friday afternoon and jawans were either identified drove straight to the adjacent by their Aadhaar cards, force CRPF campus where a wreath IDs, PAN cards or leave appli- laying ceremony was held for Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Director General of Jammu & Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh, shoulders a coffin cations kept in their pockets the slain jawans. of a slain CRPF jawan during a wreath-laying ceremony for the martyrs at the CRPF camp in Budgam on Friday PTI and bags. PTI As the bugler played the ‘last post’ and guard called for ATTACK KILLS ‘shok salami shastra’ (reversing CRPF jawan’s of arms in honour of fallen sol- DREAMS OF diers), a two-minute silence was brother recalls observed after which the Union SLAIN JAWANS Home Minister gave a shoulder Patna/Bhagalpur: One was to the coffin of a jawan which planning wedding of his daugh- last talk hours was being taken to his native ter, the other eagerly awaiting place in a special aircraft. The arrival of his second child. Home Minister, Governor Satya The dreams of Sanjay before attack Pal Malik, Home Secretary Kumar Sinha and Ratan Kumar Nagpur: Rajesh Rajput spoke Rajiv Gauba, CRPF Director Thakur went up in smoke in a to his younger brother Sanjay, General RR Bhatnagar, Jammu trice. They were among the 44 a CRPF jawan, on phone on & Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh CRPF jawans who lost their Thursday morning. Little did Security forces personnel stand guard near charred vehicles after a violent protest over the killing of CRPF personnel in the besides others attended the lives. Family and friends of he know that it would be their Pulwama terror attack, in Jammu, on Friday PTI wreath laying ceremony. Sinha received the earth-shat- last conversation. tering news of his death with Sanjay Rajput (45) was sorrow, anger and disbelief. among the 44 jawans of the His father Mahendra Prasad Central Reserve Police Force is proud of his son but equally killed when a terrorist rammed Families recall martyrs’ passion, love for country concerned about what would a bomb-laden vehicle into their happen to his family. “He has two bus in Pulwama on Thursday. PTI n JAIPUR/DHOLPUR/KOTA ones. Barely two months ago, tragic news and had to be hos- a kid. His father Parshuram, a grown-up, unmarried daughters. A pall of gloom descended Lamba had expressed his joy pitalised. farmer, brought up his two While leaving for duty, he had over the CRPF Group Centre hen Rohitash Lamba, on becoming a father on the The family of 27-year-old sons alone. Singh joined CRPF said that on his next visit to the Colony here, where Sanjay’s WBhagirath Singh and social media. He rejoined duty Bhagirath Singh, a resident of four years ago, whereas his village he will finalise marriage family lives, as the news came. Hemraj Meena left their homes on February 12 after spending Jaitpur village in Dholpur dis- younger brother Balveer joined of elder one. We are distraught,” Rajesh told PTI that his in Rajasthan earlier this week several days with his family, trict, was struggling to come to Uttar Pradesh Police. grief-stricken father said. brother was attached to the with the promise that including his two-month-old terms with the loss. On Friday, Singh got married Ranjna The atmosphere is sombre CRPF’s 213th battalion, based they would return to their son. A pall of gloom descend- the entire village of Jaitpur four years ago and has three- at Thakur’s home in Bhagalpur. in Nagpur, for the last four families soon, few imagined ed at Govindpura Basadi vil- mourned the death of the year-old son Vinay and a- He has left behind a four-year- years. He lived in the CRPF that it would turn out to be lage near Shahpura, around 65 young man. year-and-a-half-old daughter old son and a wife who is colony with his two sons Jai their last visit. km from Jaipur, as the news of “We never knew that he Shivangi. Hemraj Meena’s wife expecting their second child. (13) and Shubham (11) and Lamba, Singh and Meena Lamba’s death reached. would leave us so early. He had Madhu received a call from the “We were expecting a call from wife Sushma Rajput. were among the 44 CRPF per- Former Deputy Speaker of promised his father and fam- CRPF camp in Jammu around Ratan by the evening as he had “He left Nagpur on sonnel killed in a terrorist Rajasthan Assembly and for- ily to return soon two days ago 10 pm Thursday, informing told us he would speak to us February 11 for his new post- attack in Pulwama in Jammu mer Shahpura legislator Rao but they had never imagined her about his demise. after joining duty in Srinagar. ing with the 115th battalion in & Kashmir on Thursday. Rajendra Singh met Lamba’s that it would be his last visit Soon after the news Instead, we received a call from Srinagar. I called him yesterday Their families on Friday family members on Friday home,” Jaitpur sarpanch Kapur reached the area, villagers one of his superiors who broke morning, around 9.30 am, recalled their passion and love and expressed his condolences. Chand Gurjar said. came out their homes and to us the terrible news,” Niranjan when he told me he had left for the country as they griev- He said that Lamba’s wife He said Singh’s mother gathered outside Meena’s home Thakur, the slain CRPF consta- Jammu at 3.30 am to join his Family members mourn the death of CRPF jawan Kaushal Kumar Rawat, at his ed the demise of their loved fell unconscious on hearing the had passed away when he was to pay their tributes. ble’s father, said. PTI new posting,” said Rajesh. PTI residence in Agra, on Friday PTI Punish perpetrators: Bereaved daughter AMU suspends Ajmer Sharif chief asks Govt to not Kalabari/Guwahati: “The perpe- demanded that the Government friends...I am fully safe & sound. I’m student from Kashmir allow Pak devotees to visit shrine trators must be punished for killing should look after the family now. deployed in other district of Kashmir, my father, our jawans, even if it Basumatari had recently visited which is far away from Pulwama where over controversial post PTI n AJMER which commemorates the means carrying out surgical strikes home, said the slain head constable’s the mischief happened. Jai Hind.” on Pulwama attack death anniversary of the Sufi across the border,” demanded the wife with tears running down her Family of the third CRPF jawan, ondemning the terror saint. daughter of CRPF Head Constable face. She was unable to talk further. Ananta Saiki of Nagaon district’s Aligarh: The AMU on Friday Cattack on a CRPF convoy Describing the attack as Maneswar Basumatari, who was After the attack, there were Gorubandha, also stated that he suspended an undergraduate in Jammu & Kashmir’s “non-Islamic”, he said harming martyred in Thursday’s terror attack rumours circulating on social media was safe. His sister, Purnima, told Student from Kashmir for Pulwama, Ajmer Sharif lives of innocent people by in Jammu & Kashmir. that three more soldiers from Assam reporters, “By God’s grace, Ananta is allegedly lauding a terrorist Dargah dewan Syed Zainul attacking them cowardly is Basumatari, the head constable had been killed in the attack. The safe. He called us today. He was on outfit in a social media post Abedin Ali Khan on Friday against the fundamental prin- CRPF 98 Battalion was among the 40 CRPF jawans rumoured to have a bus which was ahead of the con- after the terror strike in urged the government to not ciples of the religion. soldiers who were killed in the been killed in the blast took to voy of 78 vehicles, carrying 2,547 Pulwama in which 40 CRPF allow devotees from Pakistan Several devotees from Pulwama attack. He is survived by Facebook on Friday to refute the CRPF jawans, that was attacked.” personnel were killed. to visit the shrine. Pakistan visit the Ajmer Sharif his daughter, Didmaswari, wife, rumours. One of the soldiers, Mizing Meanwhile, various organisa- Aligarh Muslim University Ali Khan, the descendant Dargah every year. On Sunmati, and son. “We want justice. Basumatary of Udalguri district said tions held protests across Assam. (AMU) spokesperson Omar of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Thursday, an explosives laden Give a befitting reply to the cowards in a Facebook post, “This is fake Protesters burnt effigies of Pakistan- Peerzada told PTI that the mat- Moinuddin Hassan Chishti, truck rammed into a CRPF responsible for the Pulwama attack,” news. I am doing fine and nothing based terror outfit Jaish-e- ter is being further probed and paid tribute to the personnel convoy in Pulwama outside said an inconsolable Didmaswari on has happened to me. Please don’t Mohammad, which claimed respon- “strong deterrent action” will be killed in the attack. Srinagar, killing 44 soldiers in Friday. Talking to reporters at the share the fake post.” sibility for the attack, and flags of the taken once the investigation is He urged the Government one of the biggest terror family’s residence in Kalabari village CRPF jawan, Pabitra Barman, a neighbouring country. complete. “AMU has zero tol- to not allow ‘jatha’ or group of attacks in recent years. in Assam’s Baksa district, she also native of Bongaigaon, said, “Hi PTI erance for any such pernicious devotees from Pakistan to Pakistan-based terror activity and anyone indulging visit the famous shrine group Jaish-e-Mohammad in such an act will not be in Rajasthan’s Ajmer (JeM) has claimed responsi- As anger flares, Pune shop sells Assam announces Pulwama attack due to spared,” Peerzada said. PTI during festivals, including Urs, bility for the attack. `20 lakh aid Pak flags with free lighters Intelligence failure: Mamata Tripura to give Guwahati: Assam Chief Pune: As protests erupted in the city over the attack on CRPF Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday ` convoy at Pulwama, a flag-seller here did a brisk business — announced Rs 20 lakh to the said the terror attack in J&K on a CRPF was due to “intelligence 2 lakh aid in Pakistani flags. Murudkar Zendewale, a famous flag-seller, family of Moneswar failure” and demanded that there be three-day nationwide mourn- Agartala: Tripura Chief sold over 100 national flags of Pakistan on Friday and gave a Basumatary, a CRPF soldier ing to show respect to the martyrs. Minister Biplab Kumar Deb lighter free with every flag. from the state, who was mar- She questioned why the Centre was not declaring national on Friday announced Rs 2- Pakistani flags were burnt at many places in the city in the tyred in the terrorist attack in mourning for the CRPF jawans and said “Will mourning take lakh compensation for each wake of the terror attack at Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir on place only when political leaders die?” “I demand 72 hours family. “People of Tripura and Thursday in which at least 44 CRPF personnel were killed. Thursday. Condoling the death mourning for the ultimate sacrifice of the soldiers. At least for the State Government would People expressed anger about the neighbouring country, of Basumatary, Sonowal Friday national respect. Only one flag is not enough for it,” she told remain behind the families of which is accused of harbouring Jaish-E-Mohammad, the ter- said his sacrifice would be reporters after returning from New Delhi. 45 martyred CRPF personnel,” ror outfit which has claimed the responsibility for the ghastly remembered by the whole Banerjee said that the Government as well as all the politi- the Chief Minister told the attack, by burning Pakistani flags. nation. cal parties should put a stop to all scheduled programme in view Police personnel deployed on Aligarh Muslim University campus in the view of media after announcing the PTI PTI of the terror attack. PTI protests after some students were booked on alleged sedition charges on Friday PTI compensation. IANS LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 world 11 US experts suspect China again refuses to list JeM Trump to declare role of Pak’s ISI national emergency Washington (PTI): American experts suspect the chief Azhar as global terrorist to build border wall role of Pakistani intelligence PTI n WASHINGTON agency ISI in “supporting the PTI n BEIJING sanctions list of the Security Court, Sanders said, “We’re very masterminds” of the Pulwama Council. “As to the listing of prepared, but there shouldn’t be terrorist attack in which at hina on Friday expressed an individual, we have S President Donald Trump (legal challenges). The presi- least 37 CRPF personnel were Cdeep “shock” over the always upheld an earnest, Uwill sign an executive order dent’s doing his job. The killed. Pakistan-based Jaish-e- Pulwama terror attack car- responsible and profession- declaring a national emergency, Congress should do theirs.” Mohammad (JeM) has ried out by a Jaish suicide al manner. We always acted which will empower him to fund Senate Minority Leader Chuck claimed responsibility for one bomber but did not give an in accordance with the the construction of a massive Schumer and House Speaker of the deadliest terror attacks assurance to India that it will requirement of the situa- wall along the US-Mexico bor- Nancy Pelosi said that declaring in Jammu and Kashmir. back New Delhi’s appeal to tion. We will continue to der to prevent illegal immi- a national emergency would be The experts on South list the UN-proscribed maintain close communica- grants from entering the coun- “a lawless act, a gross abuse of the Asia said the terror strike Minister Modi cannot take it Pakistan-based terror group’s tion with India and relevant try and curb drug smuggling. power of the presidency and a shows the United States has lying down but Pakistan isn’t chief Masood Azhar as a parties on this issue”. The move would help desperate attempt to distract failed to persuade Pakistan to going to be able to absorb any global terrorist. At least 40 Replying to a question Trump get USD 5.6 billion for from the fact that Trump broke act against Jaish-e- Indian action either. Things CRPF personnel were killed on India not permitting UN the construction of the wall his core promise to have Mexico Mohammad and other ter- are simply too tense between and many injured on Military Observer Group in that, he has asserted, is essential pay for his wall”. “It is yet anoth- rorist groups. “The self-pro- India and Pakistan,” he said. Thursday in one of the dead- India and Pakistan for national security. “President er demonstration of President claimed involvement of JeM Ironically, the biggest liest terror attacks in Jammu (UNMOGIP), Geng said: Trump will sign the government Trump’s naked contempt for in the attack raises serious deterrent to any escalation is and Kashmir when a Jaish-e- “Both India and Pakistan funding bill, and as he has stat- the rule of law. This is not an questions about the role of the the presence of Saudi Crown Mohammad (JeM) suicide and stability,” Geng said. External Affairs Ministry’s are important countries in ed before, he will also take emergency, and the president’s ISI in supporting the master- Prince Muhammad Bin bomber rammed a vehicle Without directly refer- appeal to all members of this region. We hope the other executive action - includ- fearmongering doesn’t make it minds of this operation,” Salman in the region, he said. carrying over 100 kg of ring to India’s persistent the UN Security Council to two countries can properly ing a national emergency - to one,” they said in a joint state- Bruce Riedel, a former CIA “Salman arrives in explosives into their bus in demand to declare Azhar as list Azhar as a global terror- resolve (differences) through ensure we stop the national ment. analyst, told PTI. The terror- Pakistan Friday and is coming Pulwama district. a global terrorist, Geng said ist. consultations. We also hope security and humanitarian cri- “He couldn’t convince ist attack, which has direct to India too. His visit will be “China has noted the JeM has already been includ- If Azhar is listed as ter- the regional countries can sis at the border,” White House Mexico, the American people or footprints inside Pakistan, seriously overshadowed. The reports of suicide terrorist ed in the sanctions list of the rorist by the UN Security cooperate to uphold stabili- Press Secretary Sarah Sanders their elected representatives to poses the first major chal- Saudi relationship is too attack. We are deeply UN committee but he was Council, he would face a ty and peace in this region to said in a statement. “The pay for his ineffective and expen- lenges to Pakistan Prime important for either side to shocked by this attack. We not forthcoming on why global travel ban and assets curb terrorism”. President is once again deliver- sive wall, so now he’s trying an Minister Imran Khan, said want that to happen,” he express deep condolences China is opposed to extend freeze. China, a veto-wield- India on Thursday ing on his promise to build the end-run around Congress in a Riedel, who is now a scholar noted. and sympathy to the injured the ban on the leader of the ing member of the UNSC slammed Pakistan over the wall, protect the border, and desperate attempt to put tax- at the Brookings Institute “I think the damage to and bereaved families,” group.When asked about and a close ally of Pakistan, Pulwama terror attack car- secure our great country,” she payers on the hook for it. The think-tank. “This will be a real India-Pakistan relations is spokesman of the Chinese China’s stand on the listing has consistently blocked ried out by JeM and asked said. Congress will defend our con- challenge for Imran Khan, the going to be immense – even Foreign Ministry Geng of Azhar as a global terror- moves first by India and the neighbouring country to The White House state- stitutional authorities,” they said. first serious challenge of his if the situation doesn’t esca- Shuang told a media briefing ist by the UN Security later by the US, the UK and stop supporting terrorists ment came soon after Senate Opposing the proposed administration,” he said. late. The hope was that India here when asked about the Council, he said: “As for the France to designate Azhar as and dismantle terror infra- Majority leader Mitch move, American Civil Liberties Anish Goel, a former and Pakistan will get back to incident. issue of listing, I could tell a global terrorist by the 1267 structure operating from its McConnell made the move pub- Union (ACLU) said that Trump’s National Security Council talking after the Indian elec- In a carefully worded you that the 1267 Committee Committee by putting tech- soil.India also strongly reit- lic. “I had an opportunity to hankering for a wall at the official in the previous Obama tions later this year. I think the response to a number of of Security Council has a nical holds. erated its appeal to all mem- speak with Presiden Trump and southern border cannot be jus- administration, said the hor- hawks on both sides are going questions on the Pulwama clear stipulation on the list- Asked whether China bers of the international he, I would say to all my col- tified by calling a national emer- rific attack highlights just to make it very difficult for incident, Geng said China ing and procedure of the would be re-looking at the community to support the leagues, has indicated he’s pre- gency. how actively Pakistan-based that to happen now,” Yusuf condemned the incident as terrorist organisations”. issue in view of the positive proposal to list terrorists, pared to sign the bill. “This would be a clear abuse terrorist groups still operate in said. part of its overall stand on “JeM has been included momentum in bilateral rela- including JeM chief Azhar, as He also (will) be issuing a of presidential power – one that Kashmir. “By claiming such “Terrorist attacks as in terrorism.“We firmly oppose in the Security Council ter- tions generated by last year’s a designated terrorist under national emergency declaration sidesteps the role of Congress in quick credit for the attack, Kashmir are not possible and strongly condemn all rorism sanctions list. China Wuhan summit between the 1267 Sanctions at the same time. I indicated I’m the appropriation of funds. Jaish-e-Mohammed is clear- without an ideology or theol- forms of terrorism. We hope will continue to handle the Prime Minister Narendra Committee of the UN going to support the national Shame on any member of ly indicating that they will ogy that justifies terrorism relevant regional countries relevant sanctions issue in a Modi and Chinese President Security Council, and to ban emergency declaration,” Congress who doesn’t clearly continue to cause trouble in and brainwashes its followers will cooperate to cope with constructive and responsible Xi Jinping, Geng reiterated terrorist organisations oper- McConnell said. On the and vigorously speak out on this the region and stoke tensions that massacring others leads the threat of terrorism and manner,” Geng said in an that: “JeM as an organisation ating from territories con- Democrats saying they will chal- illegitimate invocation of emer- between Pakistan and India,” a person to paradise. The jointly uphold regional peace apparent reference to has been included in the trolled by Pakistan. lenge the move in the Supreme gency authorities,” ACLU said. he said. terrorist mindset must be “In the wake of this removed along with the ter- attack, there will likely be rorist infrastructure on the increased pressure on Prime ground,” said noted Hindu Minister (Narendra) Modi to scholar David Frawley. ICE halts force-feeding of immigrants take action against all militant The latest attack by Jaish- El Paso (US)(AP): The US gov- a US district judge said the gov- protest.” Detained immigrants groups still active in Kashmir,” e-Mohammed is another ernment has suddenly stopped ernment had to stop force-feed- have sporadically staged hunger said Goel. example of how Pakistan’s force-feeding a group of men on ing two of the detained Indian strikes around the country for Alyssa Ayres from the intelligence services continue a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigrants, but warned that if years, protesting conditions they Council on Foreign Relations to sponsor terrorist incursions immigration detention center, US their health started to decline he face while seeking asylum. But said, “Unfortunately, the into India, Washington-based Immigration and Customs would consider ordering force- force-feeding, which began under attack also shows the limits of Hindu American Foundation Enforcement said Thursday. feeding again, their attorney said. court order earlier this year, has US and international policy said. The dramatic reversal comes On Thursday, all force-feeding at not previously been reported, and efforts to date to persuade “While it’s heartening to as public pressure was mounting the detention center near the El advocates involved said they Pakistan to take serious action see that a wide swath of the on ICE to halt the practice, Paso airport had stopped, accord- weren’t aware it had happened against these groups. The international community is which involves feeding detainees ing to ICE spokeswoman Leticia before. urgent question is what else unequivocally condemning through nasal tubes against their Zamarripa. In federal courtroom the international community the attack, such statements of will. “This is a win for us,” said Wednesday in El Paso, U.S. can do. solidarity must be backed up Last week, the United Louis Lopez, who is representing District Judge David ”According to Moeed by actions which help bring to Nations human rights office said Malkeet Singh and Jasvir Singh Guaderrama heard from Dr. Yusuf from the US Institute of an end the ability of such ter- the force-feeding of Indian in the case heard Wednesday in Michelle Iglesias about how men Peace, the current situation rorist groups to kill with hunger strikers at the facility El Paso. Both men are Punjabi detained in the El Paso facility are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joins supporters of President Donald Trump and family members of Americans has all the making of an impunity and destabilize the could violate the UN Convention Sikhs in their early 20s. “They restrained and have feeding tubes killed by undocumented immigrants as they gather to to promote their support for a border wall with Mexico, at the Capitol in India-Pakistan crisis.“Prime region,” the foundation said.’ Against Torture. On Wednesday, have a First Amendment right to pushed through their noses. Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. AP/File photo Pak committed to implementing B’desh PM wants to retire to make way for young leaders Dhaka (PTI): Bangladesh it’s my fourth term. I don’t want mentary elections in December hief Khalida Zia, who has been Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to continue for more (time). I last year with a landslide vic- serving a 17-year sentence for ICJ’s decision in Jadhav case who won a historic fourth think that everybody should tory even as Opposition corruption, was barred from term, becoming the country’s take a break so we can accom- Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the polls. PTI n ISLAMABAD vinced that Iran had no role in longest-serving leader, has indi- modate the younger genera- rejected the polls marred with Asked about her plans Jadhav’s episode though he cated that she will retire after tion,” she said. On Tuesday, at violence that claimed 18 lives, about the rest of her tenure, akistan is committed to remained there for some time. the current term to promote a cultural event in Gazipur, the making it one of the deadliest Hasina said the fight against Pimplementing the decision “India wants to drag Iran into young leaders, according to a prime minister said she would polls in the country. poverty will continue to be her of the International Court of this dispute but we will not let media report. like to go back to her ancestral The Awami League chief first priority. Justice in the Kulbhushan it happen,” he said.In New In an interview with the village of Tungipara in was pitted against a united “Food security, housing, Jadhav case, a senior Pakistani Delhi, Ministry of External German broadcaster Deutsche Gopalganj to spend her retire- opposition Jatiya Oikya Front education, healthcare, job official said as the country’s del- Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Welle (DW) 71-year-old five-year term, the Bangladesh ment, the daily said. (United National Front) led by opportunities; these are basic egation left for the Hague on Kumar on Thursday declined Hasina, who assumed office daily Dhaka Tribune reported. Hasina, the daughter of octogenarian Kamal Hossain, needs,” she said, “Definitely, Friday for the oral proceedings to go into the details of the case. just a month ago, for the fourth “It’s the third consecutive Bangladesh’s founder an Oxford-educated jurist and every human being wants a in the case that will commence The oral proceedings on time as the prime minister, said term and before that I was Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur former foreign minister. Her better life… We have to ensure at the world court from the International Court of she wanted to retire after the prime minister (1996-2001), so Rahman, won the 11th parlia- arch-rival ex-premier and BNP that.” February 18. Justice are commencing on Indian national Jadhav, February 18. India will present 48, was sentenced to death by English Queen’s Counsel its case before the court. Since a Pakistani military court on Khawar Qureshi will make the matter is subjudice it is not charges of espionage and ter- submissions on February 19 appropriate for me to state our Taliban confront fake rorism in April 2017. India from Islamabad’s side. Then position in public.Whatever moved the ICJ in May the same India will reply on February 20 we have to do, we will do at the year against the verdict. A 10- while Islamabad will make its court,” he said in response to a news and social media member bench of the ICJ on closing submissions on question. Pakistan claims that May 18, 2017, had restrained February 21, the daily said. its security forces arrested in propaganda war Pakistan from executing Jadhav It is expected that the ICJ’s Jadhav from restive Balochistan till adjudication of the case. decision may be delivered by province on March 3, 2016 Islamabad(AFP): Fighting interviews have taken place Pakistan’s Attorney General the summer of 2019. “We are after he reportedly entered “fake” news, wrestling with without the media wing’s Anwar Man­soor would lead fully prepared with our from Iran. However, India social media, and deploying an knowledge, sparking hurried the Pakistani delegation at the strongest evidence being the maintains that Jadhav was kid- intern army — the Taliban’s denials along with confusion ICJ while Director General valid Indian passport recovered napped from Iran where he had sprawling propaganda machine over the identity of the inter- South Asia Mohammad Faisal from Commander Jadhav with business interests after retiring embraces modernity even as viewee and whether he can real- would lead the Foreign Office a Muslim name,” the official from the Navy. Jadhav’s sen- the group vows to enforce ly claim to speak for the Taliban. side, a senior official told told the Dawn, adding that tencing had evoked a sharp Islamist controls on journalists Unverified leaks to media Dawn. The ICJ has set a Pakistan was committed to reaction in India. if it returns to power. outlets from alleged Taliban timetable for the public hear- implementing the decision, India had approached the Notorious for banning TV sources are frequent.Fake or ing in the case from Febraury irrespective of what decision ICJ for “egregious” violation of and radio under its iron-fisted unauthorised accounts sprout 18 to 21 in The Hague and came from the ICJ. the provisions of the Vienna 1996-2001 regime, the militants often on social media, while Harish Salve, who represents In reply to a question Convention on Consular Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., watches the flag-draped casket of former Rep. John Dingell upon arrival at Holy Trinity Catholic have proven surprisingly deft at their official Facebook pages India in the case, is expected to about Iran, the official said the Relations, 1963, by Pakistan in Church for a funeral service, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Washington. Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in adapting to the ever-changing and Twitter handles are regu- argue first on February 18. The Pakistan government was con- Jadhav’s case. American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit's auto industry, has died at age 92. nature of modern media.The larly banned only to be restart- Taliban’s official spokesman ed under another name. now tweets real-time updates Even the official about battlefield operations and spokesman, Mujahid, is wide- its media arm stays in direct ly believed to be not one man Children with multiple siblings more susceptible to bullying contact with journalists on a but a moniker used by the range of messaging apps. information wing to issue state- London (PTI): Having more problems,” said Dieter Wolke uninvolved. When the children dren reported if they had been “Media is considered one ments. The operation can be than one brother or sister may from the University of Warwick were five years old, their moth- bullied by a sibling or if they side of the struggle,” Taliban dizzying, admits the Taliban put a child at the risk of sibling in the UK. ers reported how often the had bullied a sibling within the spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid source. bullying, with firstborn kids The study, published in the children were victims or per- previous six months. The boys told AFP via Whatsapp.“We are The increasingly refined and older brothers more like- journal Developmental petrators of bullying in the and girls were also asked their not against modern technolo- production has not gone unno- ly to be the perpetrators, Psychology, analysed data household. Sibling relations ages when they first experi- gy,” a senior Taliban source with ticed, with NATO regularly according to a study. from 6,838 British children were analysed two years later enced sibling bullying and links to the insurgents’ media briefing top officials on Taliban “Sibling bullying is the born in either 1991 or 1992 and when the mothers were asked when they first bullied a sibling. wing told AFP.“This is the need content.“It gives us an idea of most frequent form of family their mothers. The kids were how much time the children About 28 per cent of the of the hour and using it is not what the group is thinking violence and it is often seen as put into four categories: vic- spent engaging with their sib- children in the study were against Islamic shariah.” But the about that day,” said Colonel a normal part of growing up by tims, bully victims — defined lings on various activities, such involved in sibling bullying source admits his team strug- Knut Peters, spokesman for parents and health profession- dence that it can have long- increased loneliness, delin- as being both a perpetrator and as crafts or drawing. Several and psychological abuse was gles at times to control their NATO’s Resolute Support mis- als, but there is increasing evi- term consequences, like quency and mental health victim of bullying — bullies or years later, at age 12, the chil- the most common form. own narrative.High-profile sion in Kabul. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 world 12 China: Trade talks to continue New Brexit talks in Brussels next week AFP n BRUSSELS

oth Britain’s minister for ‘Brexit defeat in Parl ‘a hiccup’ in Washington next week BBrexit Stephen Barclay and opposition leader AFP n LONDON AP n BEIJING steals or pressures companies to Jeremy Corbyn will visit hand over technology. The dis- Brussels next week for talks he British government on ith a March 2 deadline pute has spread to cover cyber- with EU negotiator Michel TFriday dismissed as a “hic- Wlooming, US and spying traced to China, the Barnier. cup” its latest parliamentary Chinese negotiators will meet country’s multibillion-dollar “Mr Barnier’s door is defeat over Brexit, saying it in Washington next week for trade surplus with the always open,” an EU would keep trying to renegoti- more talks on a tariff war over United States and support for spokesman said, confirm- ate its EU divorce deal just six Beijing’s technology ambitions, state industry. ing that Barclay was expect- weeks before exit day. But China’s government Beijing has offered to nar- ed to visit EU headquarters senior minister Andrea announced Friday. row its trade surplus by pur- on Monday and Corbyn on Leadsom, the leader of the The announcement came chasing more American soy- Thursday. Prime Minister House of Commons, conceded after US Trade Representative beans, natural gas and other Theresa May is also expect- that the setback might affect Robert Lighthizer told Chinese exports. But the government ed in Brussels next week, but the ongoing talks with the President Xi Jinping that nego- has resisted pressure to cut back he visit has not been con- European Union. “Yesterday tiators had “made headway” on development plans it sees as a firmed. was more of a hiccup than the important issues in two days of path to prosperity and global Britain is due to leave disaster,” she told BBC radio. talks that wrapped up Friday in influence. the EU on March 29, but She added: “The one prob- Beijing. “From politics to economy Prime Minister Theresa May lem with last night’s vote is that Officials expressed opti- ther talks suggested both sides “We shoulder important to ideology, the United States is struggling to persuade it allows the EU to continue out a deal. almost two years negotiating mism but gave no details of this believe they are making responsibilities,” the Chinese hopes to intervene in China’s parliament to back a divorce with this pretence that they Hardline Brexit supporters with the bloc. week’s negotiations, which had progress. But there was no leader said. affairs,” said the newspaper deal. EU leaders fear severe don’t know what we want. And in May’s Conservative party She now says she wants to been the last scheduled before indication of movement on Trump had made “no deci- Global Times, published by economic disruption if they do know what we want.” believe this “no deal” scenario reopen the text to change the a planned American tariff hike the thorniest dispute: U.S. pres- sion” on the tariff hike, his top the ruling Communist Party. London leaves the bloc with- MPs on Thursday night reject- should remain an option, and backstop, but has yet to come on USD 200 billion of Chinese sure on Beijing to scale back economic adviser Larry Chinese officials also have out a follow on agreement ed by 303 votes to 258 a motion so they abstained on Thursday up with concrete proposals to imports on March 2. plans for government-led cre- Kudlow told reporters balked at U.S. pressure to providing for a transition expressing support for Prime evening. One of those put to the EU. Economists said the talks ation of Chinese global leaders Thursday in Washington. The accept an enforcement mech- period to negotiate a trade Minister Theresa May as she Conservative MPs, Steve Baker, Brussels has repeatedly were too brief to resolve the tar- in robotics and other tech- president said Tuesday he anism to monitor whether deal. seeks changes to the Irish said the defeat was a “storm in said it will not change the iff fight that is dragging on nologies. might let the March 2 deadline Beijing carries out its promis- Corbyn has suggested “backstop” in her Brexit deal. a teacup”, adding: “We’d like to backstop, although it is open to global economic growth. “We feel we have made “slide for a little while” if the es. Labour MPs would rescue It was intended to repeat agree a deal.” amending a separate text on “I hope you will continue headway on very, very impor- talks went well. Washington, Beijing has tried to deflect the withdrawal plan if EU the mandate given to May on But it comes at a time of future ties. Leadsom said: “I to work hard to promote a tant and difficult issues,” Europe, Japan and other gov- pressure by emphasizing leaders promise to allow January 29, when MPs voted to mounting frustration in both hope anyone in the EU nego- mutually beneficial and win- Lighthizer told Xi. “We have ernments say Beijing’s industry China’s growth as an export Britain to remain in the EU find “alternative arrangements” Brussels and London at May’s tiating team listening this win agreement,” Xi told additional work we have to do plans violate its market-open- market. It has announced customs union. May and to keeping the border with approach, with the clock tick- morning will be absolutely Lighthizer in a meeting after but we are hopeful.” Xi said ing obligations. Some changes over the past year to many of her Conservative Ireland free-flowing after ing down to March 29 when clear that the core require- the negotiations ended, accord- Beijing and Washington “share American officials worry they open finance and other fields, MPs reject that idea, but Brexit. But it also took into Britain is set to leave the EU. ment of parliament that we ing to the official Xinhua News broad mutual interests” in might erode U.S. industrial including allowing full foreign Barnier and EU Council account another vote on On January 15, MPs over- resolve the issue of the backstop Agency. promoting global economic leadership.Trump raised tariffs ownership in its auto industry President Donald Tusk have January 29, saying Britain whelmingly rejected the with- remains the government’s The announcement of fur- prosperity and stability. in July over complaints Beijing for the first time. described it as “interesting”. should not leave the EU with- drawal deal May had spent negotiating position.” Sharif shifted to hospital FB taps user Mallya files for permission to appeal against extradition data to defend for cardiac treatment PTI n LONDON Magistrates’ Court order in cere, honest and readily PTI n LAHORE favour of extradition on achievable offer”. workers from mbattled liquor baron February 4, the businessman Mallya has been based in akistan’s jailed former prime EVijay Mallya, wanted in had taken to social media to the UK since March 2016 and threat Pminister Nawaz Sharif, who India on alleged fraud and confirm his plans to seek an remains on bail on an extra- is serving a seven-year sentence money laundering charges appeal. dition warrant executed by San Francisco (AFP): in a corruption case, was on amounting to an estimated Rs “After the decision was Scotland Yard in April 2017. Facebook gathers intelli- Friday shifted to a leading hos- 9,000 crores, has filed his handed down on December In her verdict at the end of a gence from its platform to pital here for cardiac treatment. application in the UK High 10, 2018 by the Westminster year-long extradition trial in identify people who threat- Sharif, 69, was brought to the Court, seeking permission to Magistrates Court, I stated my December last year, Judge en the firm or its workers, Jinnah Hospital from the high appeal against an extradition intention to appeal. I could Emma Arbuthnot had ruled the social network said security the Kot Lakhpat jai. order signed by the British not initiate the appeal process that the “flashy” billionaire Thursday in response to The Punjab home department Home Secretary. before a decision by the Home had a “case to answer” in the media reports of the securi- has declared the private ward The 63-year-old business- Secretary. Now I will initiate Indian courts. ty tactic. CNBC reported of the hospital a “sub-jail” for man, who remains on bail on the appeal process,” he said in The court had also dis- that it interviewed more than the duration of Sharif’s stay an extradition warrant in the the next few months’ time. In judges and other factors. a Twitter statement earlier missed any bars to extradition a dozen former Facebook there, officials said. UK, made the application in the event that Mallya’s appli- Following the outcome at the this month. on the grounds of the prison security employees, some of The ousted premier was the Administrative Court divi- cation is rejected at this stage, High Court level, both sides The former boss of the conditions under which the whom questioned the ethics shifted back to jail on February sion of the High Court on he will have the option to sub- could apply for the right to now-defunct Kingfisher businessman would be held, as of what was portrayed as an 7 after undergoing treatment “After examining all results of Thursday, 10 days after Home mit a “renewal form”. appeal to the Supreme Court, Airlines took to Twitter again the judge accepted the Indian unclearly defined practice for six days at the Services his tests, the medical board has Secretary Sajid Javid signed off The renewal process will which would involve at least this week to call on Prime government’s assurances that at the leading social net- Hospital where a multi-disci- reached a unanimous decision on the order triggering a 14- lead to a 30-minute oral hear- another six weeks. However, Minister Modi to accept his he would receive all necessary work. plinary medical board exam- that Sharif needs some kind of day window for his appeal ing during which Mallya’s that process is more complex settlement offer in relation to medical care at Barrack 12 in Facebook spokesman ined him and unanimously cardiac intervention. For the application. legal team and the Crown as the UK High Court must the airline’s loan default. Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail. Anthony Harrison told AFP opined that he needs some kind purpose he should be shifted to “The application has been Prosecution Service (CPS) - certify that the appeal involves “I respectfully ask why India and the UK have an that the company’s physical of cardiac intervention. a cardiac institute,” the head of sent for a judge on papers on behalf of the Indian gov- a point of law of general pub- the Prime Minister is not Extradition Treaty signed in security team exists to keep Subsequently, the Pakistan the medical board at the decision, which is expected ernment - will renew their lic importance, and either the instructing his Banks to take 1992 and in force since workers safe and that strict Muslim League-Nawaz party Services Hospital, Professor any time between two to four respective claims for and High Court or the Supreme the money I have put on the November 1993. So far only processes are in place to supremo’s personal physician Dr Mahmood Ayaz, had said. weeks,” a UK court represen- against an appeal for a judge Court gives leave for the table so he can at least claim one successful extradition has protect people’s privacy. Adnan Khan had requested the He said Sharif had heart tative said. to determine if it can proceed appeal to be made. credit for full recovery of taken place from the UK to “Any suggestion our on- Punjab government to pro- issues because of his previous A “judge on papers” deci- to a full hearing. Mallya and his legal team public funds lent to India under the treaty - that of site physical security team vide round-the-clock expert history of some diseases, sion will involve a High Court The process, to be heard have not made a renewed Kingfisher,” he said, adding Samirbhai Vinubhai Patel, has overstepped is absolute- cardiac care to Sharif at a facil- including high blood pressure, judge determining the merits in the Royal Courts of Justice comment in relation to the that his offer to the Karnataka who was sent back to India in ly false,” Harrison said.“They ity where cardiology interven- diabetes and kidney problem. of the application and if it is in London, could take months appeal but soon after the UK High Court should not be dis- 2016 to face trial in connec- use industry-standard mea- tion and multidisciplinary Dr Ayaz further said: accepted, the case will proceed as the listing of a hearing will home secretary had signed off missed as “frivolous” because tion with his involvement in sures to assess and address backup would be available. “According to the findings of to a “substantive hearing” in depend on the availability of on the Westminster it is a “perfectly tangible, sin- the post-Godhra riots of 2002. credible threats of violence Accepting the request, the the board, Sharif is facing some against our employees and Punjab Home Department problems in blood supply of our company, and refer these accorded sanction for “shifting heart veins that must be threats to law enforcement of high-profile National addressed by cardiac specialists. Crunch time as Nigeria goes to the polls when necessary.” Accountability Bureau con- We had engaged some cardiac Facebook keeps a rou- victed prisoner Sharif from specialists from the Punjab Lagos (AFP): Nigeria made widening insecurity, claims of A record 84,004,084 people aged 18-35. Chief among the leader. tinely updated list of people central jail to Jinnah Hospital, Institute of Cardiology who final preparations Friday on the creeping authoritarianism, and are registered to vote. Also up criticisms against Buhari is secu- But the former vice-presi- that members of its security Lahore, for medical treatment examined the patient and his eve of presidential elections, economic incompetence. A for grabs are 360 seats in the rity, with signs of a resurgence of dent faces allegations about links team should “be on lookout” for minimum required period.” test reports and suggested lit- with candidates pitting continu- total of 73 candidates are on the lower House of Representatives Boko Haram in Nigeria’s remote to corruption. Buhari said in a for due to threatening state- The PML-N has been demand- tle change in Sharif’s medi- ity against reform in a battle ballot for Saturday — the sixth and 109 in the Senate. Nearly northeast and new conflicts televised address Thursday that ing shifting of Sharif to London cines.” between incumbent election in 20 years since Nigeria 120,000 polling units are set to elsewhere. reelection would give him the for his treatment. The PML-N Sharif has been behind the Muhammadu Buhari and his returned to democracy after open at 0700 GMT and close at His anti-corruption cam- chance to fulfil his initial promis- has also submitted a resolution bars since December 24, 2018, main rival Atiku Abubakar. decades of military rule. 1600 GMT. paign has been described as es and complete vital infra- in the Punjab Assembly after an accountability court Buhari, the 76-year-old leader of Buhari, from the All No date has been given for one-sided against political oppo- structure projects. demanding that Sharif should convicted him in one of the Africa’s most populous nation Progressives Congress (APC), the results, but an announcement nents.Economic growth picked “It is a choice between be shifted to London as he three corruption cases filed was elected in 2015 on a wave of and Abubakar, of the Peoples is expected from early next up last year after a recession in going back or keeping the always had undergone cardiac under the direction of the hope he could defeat Boko Democratic Party (PDP), are week. Electors face a choice 2016 but remains sluggish. The momentum of change,” he said treatment there and the doctors Supreme Court. Haram Islamists, tackle rampant considered the main contenders. between two elderly candidates cost of living is high in a coun- For his part, Abubakar pitched knew his medical history. On Thursday Sharif’s corruption and boost the econ- Campaigning ended Thursday who have both been part of the try where most of the 190 mil- himself as “the ticket to devel- But a medical board here younger brother and PML-N omy. with final rallies in Buhari’s political elite for decades and do lion people live in poverty despite opment and advancement” and declared that Sharif could be president Shahbaz Sharif got But he faces a stiff challenge home state of Katsina, in the not mirror the country’s increas- billions earned from oil. cautioned voters against four treated in any specialised car- bail from high court in two cor- from former vice-president northwest, and Abubakar’s native ingly young demographic. Just Abubakar, 72, bills himself as a more years of “misdirection and diac health facility in Pakistan. ruption cases. Abubakar, 72, amid fears about Adamawa, in the northeast. over half the registered voters are dynamic, modern, pro-business maladministration”.

ments, according to CNBC. The so-called “BOLO” War kills over 100,000 babies a year list purportedly includes for- mer employees whose AFP n MUNICH actions at the social net- were Afghanistan, Central work came under scrutiny. t least 100,000 babies African Republic, Facebook mines the social Adie every year because Democratic Republic of network for threats against of armed conflict and its Congo, Iraq, Mali, Nigeria, the company or its workers, impact, from hunger to Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and its watch list can even denial of aid, Save the and Yemen. feature photos of people, Children International said The total number of CNBC reported. on Friday.In the 10 worst- deaths from indirect effects For cases in which hit countries, a conservative over the five-year period threats against Facebook or estimate of 550,000 infants jumped to 870,000 when all its workers seem credible, died as a result of fighting children under the age of the security team was said to between 2013 and 2017. five were included, the be capable of tracking those They succumbed to war charity said. behind them using location and its effects, among them It also issued a list of data from the social net- hunger, damage to hospitals recommendations to help work’s apps or websites. and infrastructure, a lack of protect children, from steps Facebook is adamant access to health care and such as committing to a that its security processes are sanitation and the denial of minimum age of 18 for mil- designed to protect people’s aid. itary recruitment to the privacy and adhere to data It said children face the avoidance of using explo- privacy laws, as well as the threat of being killed or Thorning-Schmidt in a study it had commissioned sive weapons in populated social network’s terms of maimed, recruited by statement. “The number of from the Peace Research areas.Thorning-Schmidt service.In cases of credible armed groups, abducted or children being killed or Institute Oslo had found said the rising number of threats of violence against an falling victim to sexual vio- maimed has more than that 420 million children child casualties was very employee, Facebook uses lence. tripled, and we are seeing were living in conflict- worrying.“It is shocking publicly available data and “Almost one in five chil- an alarming increase in the affected areas in 2017. that in the 21st century we industry practices to deter- dren are living in areas use of aid as a weapon of This represents 18 per- are going backwards on mine how close someone impacted by conflict — war,” she said on releasing cent of all children world- principles and moral stan- behind a threat is to the more than at any time in the report at the Munich wide and was up by 30 mil- dards that are so simple — United States Vice President Mike Pence kneels beside his wife Karen, right, at a historic freight car during their visit to the former worker or company offices, the past two decades,” said Security Conference. lion from the previous year. children and civilians Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday. The freight car was used to transport Jews to the death according to the social net- the charity’s CEO Helle Save the Children said a The worst-hit countries should never be targeted.” camp. AP work. vivacity {48 hours} 13 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019

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Retro-inspired candlesticks, ring-like fixtures, asymmetrically-armed finishing or jewellery-like chandeliers are brought under one roof at the India Design Fair. By lensman PANKAJ KUMAR

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v Roma is a beautiful film. brings all the details like the How did you not go crazy little cracks in the walls, the planning every detail? An unknown script objects that were used. The I did go crazy (laughs). challenge for Eugenio was to Even the crew had gone crazy. bring real occasions back to Nobody knew what was there Roma’s story is a reflection of director ALFONSO CUARÓN’s period. We shot in most of the in the screenplay. I wrote a original places and trans- very precise script but no one childhood memories. By TEAM VIVA forming some of them. had it. We shot the film in a do it’ (laughs). Mexico is a big city but it also chronological order so that v How personal is this pro- has a third world which has the crew could learn it day-by- ject to you? no urban setup. For one day about the film’s story. I had the story in my scene, we had to produce v So the actress who played mind for a very long time but around five blocks of the city, Cleo had no idea what was in 2006, I seriously considered where Eugenio Caballero had portrays Delhi’s rich architec- going to happen? Not to give doing it and I am happy that reproduced the same kind of ture. “The hotel uses a signature spoilers for anyone but that I did. I don’t think I had the avenue, wedding dress shop, ‘East meets West’ style of scene is so heartbreaking. tools at that point. I am not cinema, and even pharmacy. Metallica Mauryan diplomacy that com- No, she didn’t know. just talking about the techni- Everything was identical. bines a historic aura with con- Without ruining it for anyone, cal aspect but also the emo- vWhy did you choose to do temporary interiors,” he said. she doesn’t know how to tional sensibility to do it. But it in black and white? Designer K RAJESH combines a historic aura He revealed that the team swim. it is very personal. In a way, 90 It was a part of the DNA with contemporary interiors at ITC Maurya decided to recreate the iconic v The movie is stunning per cent of the scenes come of the film. When I decided to Rashtrapati Bhawan’s architec- and moving at the same time out of my memory. make the film, I didn’t want a t was a range of experimen- chose copper as he believes that ture designed by Lutyen. The but at the crux of it, it’s such v Considering Mexico city nostalgic black and white. I tation and analysis of various it brings “a sense of richness” design was inspired by a traditional story. What the neighbours. If the places give the audition for the film. doesn’t look the same any- didn’t want a period film. Imedia like glass, without looking gaudy Edwardian Baroque of the colo- made you want to do this? didn’t exist anymore, we recre- She came to Mexico to meet more, how difficult was it to We shot 65 mm in digital wood and other met- or loud. nial British era. Everything comes out of ated them. me but she didn’t know who recreate that period? so it was in black and white als that went before The project, that The team accounted for my memory of Libo. She is v The lead character, Yalitza I was so she had browse the It was very difficult. That’s that could not have been done finalising copper to began in March 2018, four sculptors. The entire mural one of the women who raised Aparicio apparently didn’t web to know about me. She our testament to Eugenio at that time. It’s a very pristine create the artwork finally got into shape is made in ceramic. It was given me. I decided to shoot at the even think she was going to didn’t believe it was me Caballero, our production grainless black and white. It’s that gave the interiors recently. Rajesh shares a shape through sand-casting places where it happened. I audition for this role. Is that because apparently I was designer. It was a real chal- a very contemporary photog- of ITC Maurya a new that the idea behind technique. Well, the entire art- made people dress in the true? Is she an actor? healthier in the photographs. lenge. The important thing raphy to look into the past. luxurious touch. Prive was to have an work that weighs 350 kgs, was same way how they used to No, she had just finished She was amazing in the film was to make the memory (Oscars will air on Designer-artist entrance that looks indeed a challenge, including dress. The same cars were kept her school to become a and when I offered her the work. We had references and February 25 at 6.30 am on Star and founder of East elegant and graceful installing the artwork on the which used to be in our teacher. She was not really role. She said, ‘I don’t have photographs but more than Movies and Star Movies Select Craft Designs, K Rajesh finally with a touch of luxury and also wall. streets. Every extra looks like interested. Her sister made her anything better to do so let’s anything it is the memory that HD.) vivacity {48 hours} 14 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019

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TAAPSEE PANNU SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA MANOJ BAJPAYEE MARSHMELLO BEN AFFLECK Indian homemakers have been I love watching Madhuri (Dixit) ji. One needs to have thick skin India is special to me. This is I tried to direct a version of it strong torch bearers for bring- I’ve been a big fan of her since to survive in the film industry. my third time in the country (Batman) and worked with a and I love it even more each ing about progressive changes Tezaab. Shamita (sister) and I During my initial time, I went really good screenwriter, but in their family lives and the for a film's premiere where the time I come back. just couldn't come up with a had bought the film’s cassette I wanted to make this trip even society at large. I strongly Ek Do Teen media saw me and said that version, I couldn't crack it. and watched dance more special and give my fans Hence, I thought it was time to believe that it is imperative to over and over to learn the steps. I he is not important to be here their own anthem. It was celebrate this progressive think- always felt that if I became an clicked. I didn’t let vanity affect great to work with (composer) let someone else take a shot at ing amongst women that has actor and people remembered me. I thought that when my Pritam over the last few it. They got some really good kept them motivated to break me as a dancer like her, it would films will be successful, peo- months and give the people now, so I'm excited. I barriers and pursue passions. be a great compliment. ple will come back to click my Mellogang my new guess, I am not Batman. photographs. release, Biba.

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here is an insatiable desire in every jewellery designer to Tbetter his/her last piece. A similar kind of zeal runs through Smriti Sangal’s veins while work- ing to create the most intricate design. Each time she picks up her iron stand, heating it up in a fur- nace, she fashions yet another beautiful piece of Meenakari ear- ring. As the workshop commenced at the Jaypore store, Sangal, founder of Culture Chauraha was ready with her array of tools and equipment to help art connois- seurs learn about the Persian craft. It began with choosing the right kind of shape one wants to give to their earrings. It’s then cut on a copper sheet, flattened by a hammer and nail, pierced through a drill machine, moving on to cleansing the black coat and turn- ing it into a shiny pink. The base coat is prepared through white crystal powder before starting its painting with powdered glass colours. When Sangal started learning it from her mother, Ritu Sangal, who is a master of this art since the last 33 years, she felt the need to ‘Home is make it accessible for more peo- ple. “I saw that people were fasci- nated and were eager to learn about the entire process of jew- ellery making. Even if they don’t where family is’ join the extensive course, they could come to these workshops A SURREAL and learn the basics. This would Actress SOAIRSE RONAN says it took her about a also in turn make them connect more to the art,” she says. She calls year to get into the skin of the character in the melting of glass crystal colours as “surreal.” Lady Bird. By TEAM VIVA Her three-hour workshops CRAFT that also recently took place in p Creating the character of Lady Bengaluru teach two basic tech- Bird was a time consuming one. niques of enameling — sgraffito How did you prepare for the same? (decoration done by scratching Artist SMRITI SANGAL draws her Lady bird had intricate character- through a surface before firing) istics, creating that or becoming her and paint-on. They are aimed at inspiration from all things vintage including needed time so as to ace the perfec- creating an enameled jeweller tion. I was in New York for another who is able to “notice and appre- her mother’s 33-year-old practice of project and our director Greta ciate the effort and time it takes to Gerwiglives gave us both the oppor- produce one piece of jewellery.” Meenakari and ancient cultural tunity to work on the character and Sangal lists a number of its emotions. We used to plan and processes that go through in the extravaganzas, says CHAHAK MITTAL meet for a few weeks where we were making of one piece of Meenakari just hanging out with each other and jewellery. She says, “People we would go down the sweet mem- through these workshops could ory lane of our teenage days and how notice the technicalities as well. that time flew so fast. Teenage is all For instance, how much temper- about the moments we wished we ature is it fired at, what kind of had, decisions we regret, not having colours are being used, how the the experience to navigate and so shape is given, what are the do’s much more, all of this discussion with and don’t’s, etc.” Greta really helped me to know Lady Well, the motive of Culture Bird and be that character. It is not Chauraha was in itself to create a easy to bring in the complexity of this space for people and teaching character on screen but Greta was of them mural painting, enameling, great help to make me achieve it. This paper crafts, fine-art sketching, whole process was quite interesting drawing, porcelain painting, you find yourself away from such had a cultural extravaganza, doing architecture and traditional had been picking up very well. At and inspiring. It took about a year for p You have been nominated for the woodcut printing, and helping a therapeutic practice.” a number of activities. Persian flower motifs. There are the end of the workshop, what me to get in the role before shoot second time for Oscars? kids to prepare for art colleges. She Why Chauraha? Well, she Among an array of her hand- shapes like diamonds, hearts, but- matters is that people are very schedule started. I feel obliged to be nominated says that this was also founded “to says that it was inspired from the made earrings and designer jew- terflies, circles, and even pyramids. happy with what they have creat- once again and also have a better make people go back to their art central place of the city where peo- ellery are an infusion of colours — She ends with telling us that ed. As a mentor, you feel blissful p How much do you relate to the understanding about it now, as dur- space that ends after school when ple from all corners of the town green, yellow and shades of red — even though the teaching has that you made them learn some- character of Lady Bird? ing my first one, I was a kid. It real- a busy hectic schedule hits life and came together in olden days and amalgamated with contemporary been a slow journey but “it has thing new.” The character and I share a lot of ly makes huge impact with the sec- similarities. I am very assertive and ond nomination but both of them outspoken like the lady bird. Infact, I were equally fantastic. With every film admire her. It’s not very often that we there is a different equation and every find a teenager with stern principles. film gives you a different experience CHALLENGE TO THE GULLY BOY A person can have flaws and not be which makes each and every work we perfect, and still be really special and do as important and as appreciative have something to offer. Everyone is as it could be. With this one, I really dealing with their own stuff, they have think it is completely a group effort. their own issues, and their sadness. With Timothee Chalamet, Laurie Even if you don't see that directly, it Metcalf too being nominated, it's a full doesn't mean it's not there or it does- house. n't exist for someone. My character is So, it is a great job done by the content with herself and things around whole cast and crew. Also, it is a real- her doesn't really matter. So, it is an ly great feeling to see Greta nominat- empowering thing in a way. ed as she is the fifth women director to be nominated in Oscars. p The movie has a lot of themes and things to explore. What do you p We heard that you used to visit think is the heart of this film? open houses? Is that true? In this movie, the heart of it is the Yes, I have had some great mem- relationship of lady bird with her ories about the same. I used to visit he kids from forthcoming film The kids could completely relate to mother where it is quite evident that open houses with my parents just for TMere Pyare Prime Minister have the Gully Boy Ranveer so they made a the two of them are close and really fun as that time we really couldn't challenged actor Ranveer Singh with rap challenge for him, asking if he will love each other but there is just afford those houses. We used to live their Gully Boy rap. help them. something off or not working right in a 1970s designed bungalow and As seen in the trailer of Mere Pyare The film shows the real-life prob- between them. Some incidents in life whenever we would get a wind of new Prime Minister, the children who went lems faced by people who reside in the take you to the rough road and that's house on the market in the vicinity, to Prime Minister’s office to request slums. The makers of the film decid- what they have been going through in we would go visit them. We would him to make more toilets in the slums ed to launch the trailer on Vasant this film. That infact is so relatable for have the attitude that we might just are not just fierce in reel life but also Pachmi as it marks the beginning of the any teenager, as there has always been buy it, thinking what if we can, one in real life. Holi season and is cited to be the har- some turbulence between the day? This is actually one such part of Kanhu from the film named binger of spring. guardian and the teenager because of my real life that really connected with Krishna took to his social media post- Presented by Jayantilal Gada, that generation gap and understand- my character in the Lady Bird as she ing a video wherein along with his Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and ing it which gets difficult. But this sees her home and on the other hand, companions, he challenged actor P.S.Bharathi, the film also stars Anjali doesn't really mean that you abandon a beautiful house marking it as suc- Ranveer Singh by rapping in a unique Patil, Om Kanojiya, Makarand each other and move on. That's even cess ratio which most of us do. But way. He posted the video and wrote, Deshpande, Rasika Agashe, Sonia shown in the movie that no matter the like the saying goes... Home is where “Hui Hai Gandi Baat Meri Gully Mein. Albizuri, Nachiket Purnapatre and fights or arguments, the bond between the family is. Kya Tu Dega Mera Sath Meri Gully Atul Kulkarni. the mother and the daughter is (Watch Lady Bird only on Sony Mein? #RanveerKoChallenge.” (The film releases on March 15.) beyond breakable. PIX.) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 sport 15

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to present joint 2030 World Cup bid AFP n SANTIAGO later that year. Pinera said he had been rgentina, Chile, Paraguay touting his idea to the presi- Aand Uruguay are to submit dents of Argentina, Paraguay a joint bid to host the 2030 and Uruguay for several World Cup, Chile's months. President Sebastian Uruguay hosted Dragun fires as Pinera announced on and won the inaugural Thursday. World Cup in 1930, Argentina, Paraguay Chile was the venue in and Uruguay had already 1962 and Argentina submitted a joint bid to emulated its neighbor's host the centenary edition achievement by lifting the Lacazette of football's most presti- trophy on home soil in gious tournament, but 1978. a game which saw Alexandre Lacazette Pinera said on Twitter that The South American sees red sent off for elbowing Aleksandar those countries' presidents bid faces competition Filipovic with five minutes remaining. had agreed to Chile's par- from Morocco and Stanislav Dragun put BATE ahead ticipation in the "joint potentially several other just before the break in Barysaw and candidacy". joint bids, including Stanislav puts BATE ahead Arsenal never threatened an equaliser, Argentina and one from Britain and with Lacazette's late dismissal also rul- Uruguay originally announced Ireland and another by an east- just before the break as ing him out of next week's second leg their intention to submit a ern European confederation in London. joint bid in 2017 before of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Gunners never threaten an Unai Emery's side have now won Paraguay joined the coalition Romania. just two of their last nine away match- equaliser; Chelsea, Napoli es — last weekend's victory over the Premier League's bottom club and Inter secure away win Huddersfield and an FA Cup win Valverde extends Barcelona stay against third-tier Blackpool. Elsewhere, Napoli began life with- AFP n BARCELONA out record goalscorer Marek Hamsik with a 3-1 win in a fiery atmosphere at panish champions FC Zurich. SBarcelona on Lorenzo Insigne, who has replaced Friday announced Arsenal’s forward Alexandre Lacazette moves out of the ground after receiving Red card against Swedish side BATE Borisov in UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg match at Barysaw; (right) Chelsea Hamsik as captain after the Slovakian's that they have extend- forward Olivier Giroud and midfielder Ross Barkley celebrates after French international scores his side second goal against Malmo in away fixture Arsenal/Chelsea move to China, scored the opening goal, ed the contract of with Jose Callejon and Piotr Zielinski coach Ernesto February 24. Barkley twice pro- also on target. Valverde for another AFP n LONDON "I am happy because we played with duced crucial headers Celtic's European adventures season with the option confidence and it wasn't really very easy at the other end to appear to be over for another season of one more. helsea claimed a 2-1 victory at after the last match (the defeat by City)," UNAI EMERY'S SIDE keep Chelsea in front. after being outclassed 2-0 by Valencia Valverde, who Malmo in the Europa League Sarri told BT Sport. But the Premier at Parkhead. took over at the Camp Clast-32 first leg on Thursday to "I think I am always confident but HAVE NOW WON JUST League giants took Denis Cheryshev and Ruben Nou in 2017 after joining from Athletic Bilbao, won the league ease some of the pressure on belea- sometimes we had the wrong approach total control of the tie Sobrino got the goals as the Spaniards and cup double last season. guered coach Maurizio Sarri, while with matches so we need to be careful TWO OF THEIR LAST in the 58th minute extended their recent unbeaten run to "FC Barcelona and Ernesto Valverde, the first team coach, Arsenal suffered a shock loss to BATE in every match." with a wonderful counter-attack. six matches. have reached an agreement to extend the contract between the Borisov. Sarri named a strong team, NINE AWAY MATCHES - Barkley led the charge before pick- Inter Milan claimed a 1-0 win at two parties for another season (2019/20) with the option for one Visitors Chelsea desperately need- although he did leave Gonzalo Higuain LAST WEEKEND'S ing out Willian, and the Brazilian Rapid Vienna despite Mauro Icardi more (2020/21)," the club said in a statement. ed a response after back-to-back humil- and Eden Hazard on the bench. powered to the byline before cutting the snubbing the trip after being stripped Valverde's previous contract would have expired at the end iating away losses, with last Sunday's 6- Chelsea found themselves up VICTORY OVER THE ball back for Giroud to flick in a cool of the captaincy over a contract row, of this season. 0 thrashing by Manchester City follow- against a spirited Malmo outfit in the back-heeled finish. with Lautaro Martinez scoring the He came within a whisker of leading Barca to an undefeat- ing a 4-0 reverse at Bournemouth. first half, roared on by a vociferous PREMIER LEAGUE'S The French striker has now scored winner from the penalty spot. ed 2017/2018 season when only a defeat late in the season at Ross Barkley took advantage of a home crowd, but kept the Swedes at five goals in six Europa League games Wissam Ben Yedder's 22nd-minute Levante prevented the team from making history. defensive lapse by the home team to put arm's length before Barkley grabbed BOTTOM CLUB this season, despite only netting once strike helped record five-time winners Barca's run of scoring in 37 consecutive matches in the league Chelsea ahead on the half-hour mark, their first away goal of 2019. HUDDERSFIELD AND in 23 matches in domestic competitions. Sevilla take a large step towards the last came to an end last Sunday with a goalless draw away to Athletic with Olivier Giroud adding a 58th- Pedro swung over a cross which But Malmo did grab the goal their 16 with a 1-0 victory over Lazio in Bilbao. minute second before Malmo's late goal Lasse Nielsen should have headed AN FA CUP WIN efforts deserved in the 80th minute, as Rome, while Benfica backed up their Earlier on Thursday Diego Simeone extended his contract gave them a glimmer of hope ahead of away, but the defender failed with his Anders Christiansen slotted past 10-0 weekend thumping of Nacional by as coach of Atletico Madrid until 2022. next week's return match at Stamford attemped volleyed clearance and AGAINST THIRD-TIER Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. winning 2-1 at Galatasaray. Simeone has been in charge of Atletico since 2011 and has Bridge. Barkley was on hand to control and stab Salzburg, semi-finalists last season, turned them into one of the most feared teams in Europe. Chelsea face Manchester United in into the net. BLACKPOOL ARSENAL BEATEN IN BELARUS lost 2-1 at Club Brugge, while 10-man Under him, they won the Europa League last season and La the FA Cup on Monday, before facing Uwe Rosler's Malmo piled on the Arsenal face an uphill battle to Sporting Lisbon were beaten 1-0 by Liga in 2014, as well as twice reaching the final of the City again in the League Cup final on pressure at the end of the half, but progress after a 1-0 defeat by BATE in Villarreal in the Portuguese capital. Champions League. Halep enters Qatar semis NISHIKORI EASES INTO

AFP n DOHA Barbora Strycova, who was given a time ROTTERDAM LAST 8 violation in the final set. orld number three Simona Halep The German not only battled back AFP n ROTTERDAM Wand three-time Grand Slam cham- from being a set down, she was also a pion Angelique Kerber came through break down in the second and third sets apan's Kei Nishikori carved out a comfortable tough tests on Thursday to reach the before winning through. J6-1, 6-4 win over Latvian Ernests Gulbis on Qatar Open semi-finals. It will be Kerber's first semi-final Thursday to power into the Rotterdam Open Also through are Elina Svitolina and since she won at Wimbledon last year. quarter-finals. Elise Mertens, providing some comfort She will play Belgium's Mertens, the Asia's top player, the world number seven, for tournament organisers who have world number 21, in the last four, who needed an hour and a quarter to advance as he somehow ended up with three of the beat Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6- booked a third victory against former French world's top 10 in the last four, despite a 4, 6-3. Open semi-finalist Gulbis, who was a lucky loser high number of prominent withdrawals. at the Ahoy Arena. Halep won in straight sets but need- SPAIN TO FACE CROATIA Nishikori will on Friday meet Hungarian ed two tie-breaks — 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (8/6) Rafael Nadal's Spain will host Marton Fucsovics, who defeated Nikoloz — to edge past Germany's Julia Goerges, defending champions Croatia in the Basilashvili of Georgia 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, for a place despite racing to a 4-0 Davis Cup finals with the 17-time in the semi-finals. lead in the first set. major winner set to be the only mem- Nishikori, who won his 12th ATP title in However, the match ber of the sport's big four taking part in Brisbane earlier this year, earned his 10th vic- turned out to be any- the controversially rebooted tourna- tory of the season against a single loss — when thing but routine for the ment. he retired in the Australian Open last eight Romanian who was Nadal, a Davis Cup champion in against Novak Djokovic. SONIA, LOVLINA forced to save two set 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011, will likely "This was so much better than my first points and break Goerges' serve in the face Marin Cilic, Croatia's top player match," Nishikori said. "I was returning well and and recovery. ADVANCE TO 10th game to stay in the second set. who won both his singles in the 2018 putting him under pressure. The 33-year-old also looks set for another "I am very happy, honestly," said Davis Cup final victory over France. "The second set was tight for a while but I ranking rise from world number 140 as his Halep. Russia, the two-time champions, was not worried even after he got the break back. comeback progress intensifies. QUARTERS "It's been a really tough match and make up Group B. "I was able to play good tennis today, I'm Tsonga next faces fifth-seeded Russian it is always tough to play against her." Ten-time champions France, 2010 very happy with my level." Daniil Medvedev who defeated Spanish veter- PTI n NEW DELHI The Romanian will play Svitolina, winners Serbia and Japan contest Group Earlier, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won a lengthy an Fernando Verdasco for the second time in ranked seventh in the world, in the last A while 2016 victors Argentina, opening set and then accelerated past Dutchman three meetings, posting a 6-2, 7-5 win. ormer world Silver-medallist Sonia four on Friday. Germany and Chile are in Group C. Tallon Griekspoor for a quarter-final place. Medvedev, a Rotterdam quarter-finalist on FLather (57kg) was among the Halep has lost her three last match- Group D sees Belgium and The Frenchman's 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 victory was his 2018 debut, has carried the momentum he three Indian women boxers who es against the Ukrainian, failing to win Colombia pooled with 28-time cham- a match of two parts, with the labourious first gained from his fourth career title last weekend advanced to the quarterfinals but the a single set in those matches, stretching pions Australia while Britain, who have set taking 53 minutes while the second lasted in Sofia. men were off to a disappointing start back to 2017. said Svitolina. "I was very happy I could been champions on 10 occasions, just 23. The 23-year-old improved to 13-2 on the at the 70th Strandja Memorial Svitolina was the first player through do it in two sets." Kazakhstan and Netherlands make up Tsonga, the 2017 champion in Rotterdam, season. Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. to the semi-finals, beating Czech qual- She was followed on court by Group E. will keep up his bid for a second straight tro- Bosnian Damir Dzumhur followed up on World championships Bronze- ifier Karolina Muchova by contrast in Kerber, the world number six, who won Group F sees record 32-time win- phy after winning Montpellier at the weekend his second-round upset of third seed Stefanos medallist Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) easy fashion 6-4, 6-2. 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) in a tough and feisty ners United States clash with Italy and as he continues his comeback from a seven- Tsitsipas, advancing past Kazakh Mikhail and Pwilao Basumatari (64kg) also "I found a way to have to beat her," encounter against another Czech, Canada. month absence last season due to knee surgery Kukushkin 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). made the quarters of the prestigious European event on Thursday night. Lather, who is also a two-time PTI n GUWAHATI 21-23, 21-18 triumph over B Sai Asian Silver-medallist, defeated Praneeth. Serbia's Jelena Zekic 5-0. She will V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal Sindhu, Saina & summit clash In the other semi-final matches square off against American Yarisel Pwon their respective semifinals in of the day, Rohan Kapoor and Ramirez in the contrasting fashion to set up a Kuhoo Garg lived up to their repu- quarters. STRANDJA mouth-watering women's singles tation as the top seeds in mixed dou- Borgohain, summit showdown at the 83rd the scores when he faces the 26-year- bles. The world No 46 pair needed a Gold-medal- MEMORIAL Yonex-Sunrise Senior National old from Dhar in the finals on only 32 minutes to dispatch list from the Championship on Saturday. Saturday. Vighnesh Devlekar and Harika V 21- Indian Open last year, got the better In a repeat of last edition's title Two-time former champion 15, 21-16 to enter the final. of Australian Jessica Messina. clash at Nagpur, the two stalwarts will Sourabh sealed his final spot after They will take on the unseeded Basumatari endured a stiffer chal- look to outdo each other and write beating Mumbai's Kaushal combine of Manu Attri and lenge in Bulgarian Melis Yonuzova another chapter in their on-field Dharmamer 21-14, 21-17 in 44 Maneesha K, who continued their before prevailing 3-2. She has rivalry. minutes. rampage with a fine 21-18, 21-17 win Croatia's Marija Malencia coming up While Sindhu overcame a chal- Earlier in the day, former cham- over Shlok Ramchandran and in the quarterfinals. lenge from Assam's promising 19- pions Saina, Kashyap and Sourabh Mithula UK. However, there was disappoint- year-old Ashmita Chaliha 21-10, 22- advanced to the semifinals with In women's doubles, top seeds ment for the country's men with for- 20 in the first semifinal, Saina got the contrasting wins. Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha mer Commonwealth Games Silver- better of Nagpur qualifier Vaishnavi The three-time former champi- S Ram continued their quest for the medallist Mandeep Jangra (69kg) Bhale, who was part of India's Uber on Saina hardly broke a sweat to get title with a strong 21-13, 21-16 vic- and rookie Harsh Lakra (81kg) bow- Cup squad last year, 21-15, 21-14 to the better of former India No 1 Neha tory over Kuhoo Garg and Anoushka ing out following opening round storm into the finals. Pandit of Mumbai 21-10, 21-10 in a Parikh. They will take on the unseed- losses. Saina had the last laugh against lop-sided quarter-final contest. ed Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat Jangra lost 0-5 to Ukraine's Viktor Sindhu in the last two encounters at Kashyap, a 2012 winner, pre- K in the summit clash after the lat- Petrov, while Lakra was beaten by the Nagpur Nationals in 2017 and vailed 21-18, 21-16 over Bodhit ter edged Aparna Balan and Sruthi Azerbaijan's Rauf Rahimov. the Gold Coast Commonwealth "It will be just another match and who is Asian junior champion and Parupalli Kashyap in the second Joshi, who had reached the finals of KP 21-19, 24-22. India's best ever medal haul at the Games Gold-medal match last year. I don't think it will help me for All a Bronze medallist at the World semifinal. Iceland International last year. Men's doubles second seeds competition stands at 11, which was While Saina has won the title in England, I will just look to focus and Junior Championship, secured his The 17-year-old Sen, from Former world No 30 Verma, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Chirag fetched last year. More than 300 box- 2006, 2007 and 2018, Sindhu give my best," Sindhu said about the second final with a 21-15, 21-16 win Uttarakhand, had lost the finals of who had clinched Super 100 titles at Shetty beat Arun George and ers from over 40 nations are compet- clinched the trophy twice, in 2011 final. over former winner and 2014 the 81st edition against Sourabh Russia Open and Dutch Open last Sanyam Shukla 21-17, 21-18 to ing in the ongoing edition. and 2013. In men's singles, Lakshya Sen, Commonwealth Games champion Verma and he would look to settle year, eked out a hard-fought 21-11, secure a place in the final. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 16, 2019 sport 16 PANT SET FOR WC BERTH Young wicket-keeper pips experienced Karthik in ODI squad for Aus clash, Rahul returns for home series

"Siddarth Kaul is doing well and is now a part of the mix," Prasad said. Shortlisted 18 players & will Kaul made it to the first two ODIs from which Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been rested but more rotate them: Prasad on WC plans importantly, there are no left-arm seamers in the line-up. PTI n MUMBAI Khaleel Ahmed, who was a dis- appointment in New Zealand, has ational selection committee been dropped and with Jaydev Nchairman MSK Prasad on Unadkat not considered for selec- Friday said that 18 cricketers tion, it is unlikely that the scenario have been shortlisted for the will change prior to the World Cup upcoming ODI World Cup and unless there are some ground-break- the BCCI is in talks with their ing performances in the IPL. respective IPL franchises to man- "Khaleel has been playing for the age their workload ahead of the last two series and we seen him and mega-event in England. of debate. we would like to see Siddharth There have been discussions When acting secretary Kaul also," said Prasad. that India's World Cup hopefuls' Amitabh Choudhary was asked Vijay Shankar's decent run with workload management should be this question, he admitted that the the bat in New Zealand has "changed monitored during the IPL, start- franchises have diverse views on the dynamics of the squad". ing March 23, so that they remain the matter. With two leg-spinners Kuldeep fresh during the May 30-July 14 "If your question suggests Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal being extravaganza. that the franchises will be wary of automatic selections, there are no "We have shortlisted 18 play- resting players, it is an issue we will finger spinners in the squad. Kedar ers and we will rotate them dur- deal with considering it's a World Jadhav is expected to chip in with ing the World Cup. As far as work- Cup year. There have been views a few overs of off-break. load management is concerned, it from franchises and I am not Quizzed on the oft-repeated PTI n MUMBAI is yet to be worked out. There are going into specifics," he said. aspect of workload management, discussions happening on that He also urged the franchises BCCI acting secretary Amitabh oung Rishabh Pant took a front and we will let you know," to keep the national interest in Choudhary said the IPL franchis- giant stride towards realising Prasad said after selecting various mind. es are being spoken to on the mat- Yhis World Cup dream, pipping squads for the home series against "And also considering the ter. veteran Dinesh Karthik in the 15- Australia. fact that all the franchises are member ODI squad for the Australia Whether the franchises will Indian franchises, the interest of THE SQUADS series while KL Rahul all but agree to rest top India players on the country, of doing well at the 1st and 2nd ODI: Virat Kohli clinched the reserve opener's slot for their roster after paying millions highest international level, is para- (Capt), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar the mega event by earning a recall. to have them has been a subject mount," Choudhary said. Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar While the selectors announced Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni two different teams for the first two (WK), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit and last three ODIs, the side that is "That we have included him Karthik was chosen because Rishabh Bumrah, Mohamed Shami, expected to travel to England will be (Pant) considering many factors. He played four Test matches. Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, the one for the last three games of is a left-hander and we needed to dis- "So we wanted him to get a good Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, the series. The engagement with cuss with the team management, break. He had a 20-day break, then Siddharth Kaul, KL Rahul Australia starts February 24 with the which we have already done," Prasad he played couple of ODIs against Last three ODIs: Virat Kohli first T20 International in said after the meeting. England lions where he did well, (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Visakhapatnam, while the World "Virat was also a part of the then we send him to T20 matches. Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Cup is scheduled from May 30. meeting. We will try and figure out We want to give him a few games Jadhav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni Rahul returned to the side after the best possible batting position, before taking a final call," said the (WK), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit he was controversially called back because being a left-hander, there is former India stumper, informing Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, midway through the tour of Prasad also announced the T20 cum-reserve batsman's slot. Karthik Krunal Pandya was on a rampage at an advantage of playing left-right that 30-member probables list will Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Australia following his and all- squad for the two-match series, in seems to have missed the bus to a the other end. combination, we are discussing all be released by March 25. Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, rounder Hardik Pandya's loose talk which rookie Punjab leg-spinner much younger Pant, who is consid- Karthik later justified the call by that," Prasad added. Karthik's chances of making it to KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant on women in a TV show. Mayank Markande made the cut and ered to be the future of Indian crick- saying that he was confident of Prasad also dropped elaborate the World Cup are even more slim T20I series: Virat (Capt), Rohit Regular captain Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav was rested. et and heir apparent to Mahendra pulling off a six which didn't happen hints that Pant, who is expected to after Rahul made the cut on the back (VC), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah are However, all eyes were on the Singh Dhoni behind the stumps. as India lost by four runs. bat in the top-order, was always in of his 89 and 81 for India A against Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, also back in the squad for the entire ODI squad which is supposed to be Karthik was criticised for his on- Pant, on the other hand, is yet the reckoning for the Australia England Lions. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Australia series after a break and a mirror image of the team that will field decision-making during the lost to get a significant knock in ODIs series. Punjab seamer Siddarth Kaul Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, even vice-captain Rohit Sharma will be travelling to England. final T20 International against New but his big-hitting prowess has made "Definitely. Prior to this series, seems to have joined the race for the Vijay Shankar, Yuzvendra Chahal, not be resting. One of the biggest calls was Zealand in Hamilton. The Tamil him a potential match-winner in big- we had two series in New Zealand fourth pacer's slot at the business end Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, The committee headed by MSK regarding the second wicketkeeper- Nadu veteran refused a single when ticket events like the World Cup. and Australia and that's where of the preparation cycle. Sidharth Kaul, Mayank Markande. Hanuma smashes hat-trick of hundreds Ind ‘A' secure innings victory Pujara, Mary nominated for Indian Sports Honours MOST 100s IN IRANI TROPHY PTI n MYSURU PTI n Batsman M Runs AVG HS 100 MUMBAI oung leg-spinner Mayank Dilip Vengsarkar (Mumbai/ROI) 9 779 59.92 151 4 YMarkande scalped five wick- est cricket run machine Gundappa Viswanath (Karnataka/ROI) 9 1001 77.00 200* 4 ets to steer India 'A' to a series- TCheteshwar Pujara, Olympic Hanuma Vihari (Rest of India) 2 477 238.50 183 3 clinching innings and 68-run medallists Mary Kom and P V win over England Lions in the Sindhu figured among a host of star Abhinav Mukund (Rest of India) 4 596 74.50 161 3 second and final unofficial Test sportspersons nominated for the Sunil Gavaskar (Mumbai/ROI) 12 733 40.72 156* 3 on Friday. second edition of Indian Sports Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai/ROI/Vidarbha) 12 1294 64.70 286 3 Markande (5 for 31) spun a Honours which will be awarded on web around the visitors to bowl Saturday. Faisel Features them out for 180 in the second Pujara, his national team-mates innings on the third day of the Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah four-day match. England was were nominated for the Sportsman Trophy with another exem- powered Vidarbha to a 95-run following on. Markande's first victim, trapped of the Year (Team Sport) award, plary showing. first-innings lead, Rest of India Resuming at 24 for no loss leg-before. along with Indian football captain Besides Vihari's 180, rode on a third-wicket partner- and faced with the daunting task He then removed Steve Sunil Chhetri. India's Test vice-captain ship of 229 runs between Vihari of handling the Indian spinners Mullaney, Dominic Bess and The Sportswoman of the Year Ajinkya Rahane made 87 and and Rahane to grab the initia- on a turning wicket, the Lions' Zak Chappell in quick succes- (Team Sport) award will be chosen Shreyas Iyer raced to a 52-ball tive on the penultimate day. batsmen came a cropper with sion as the Lions capitulated. from among Indian women's cricket team members Smriti 61, helping Rest of India to After Rahane's dismissal, only Ben Duckett (50) and Lewis Running out of partners, Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur, and national PTI n NAGPUR form, the 25-year-old Vihari declare their second innings at Iyer took the attack to Vidarbha Gregory (44) showing some Gregory went on the offensive hockey side goalkeeper Savita Punia. created the record with a sin- 374 for three, a day after con- as Rest of India looked for quick fight. and hit six fours and a six dur- Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, badminton player anuma Vihari scripted his- gle down the ground on the ceding a big first-innings lead. runs before the declaration. Besides Markande, Jalaj ing his 49-ball knock before Kidambi Srikanth, top wrestler Bajrang Punia, rising shooter Htory by becoming the first fourth day, his second century Needing 280 for an out- Vihari struck 19 fours and Saxena (2/40) claimed two wick- becoming the last wicket to fall, Saurabh Choudhary and ace cueist Pankaj Advani were the can- player to score a hat-trick of of the match and third straight right win, Ranji champions four sixes during his 300-ball ets. handing India 'A' victory with a didates for the individual category of Sportsman of the Year hundreds in the Irani Cup, in Irani Cup. Vidarbha were 37 for one at knock, while Iyer smashed five The 21-year old Markande, day to spare. award. Along with shuttler Sindhu and boxer Mary Kom, oth- helping Rest of India rally and The India player had close of play, still 243 runs shy boundaries and four sixes. who performed creditably for Pace bowlers Varun Aaron ers nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year (Individual set Vidarbha a tricky 280-run scored 183 for Rest of India of the target with nine wickets During his stay in the middle, Mumbai Indians in the IPL last (1/39), Navdeep Saini (1/25) Sports) were wrestler Vinesh Phogat, sprinter Hima Das and target at VCA stadium on during last year's Irani Cup in hand. senior pro Rahane found the year, troubled most of the and left-arm spinner Shahbaz heptathlete Swapna Barman. Friday. match against Vidarbha, who While Akshay Karnewar's fence six times and cleared it England batsmen with his guile. Nadeem (1/25) picked up a The awards in 17 categories, including one Life Time Enjoying a good run of recently retained the Ranji gutsy century on the third day once. The talented Ollie Pope was wicket each. Achievement Honour, will be conferred on Saturday. SL fumble in 304 run chase Coach Raman keen on improving Smriti's ‘patience' PTI n MUMBAI ter is to win matches and dependence AFP n DURBAN 251 for five, with captain Du never comes (in the way)," she stressed. Plessis and Philander looking ndia women's team opener Smriti During last year's women's T20 tri- outh Africa took three Sri solid in a sixth wicket partnership IMandhana, who is in blazing form, series, Mandhana had said that she was SLankan wickets in three overs of 60. said on Friday that the team's coach W throwing her wicket away after setting to finish in a strong position on But Embuldeniya, who V Raman has set her targets to bat for herself in. the third day of the first Test on bowled with impressive control, a specific number of overs to develop Eleven months later, she feels that Friday. took Philander's wicket to start a her patience at the crease. she is being able to improve 10 per cent Sri Lanka, needing 304 to win, collapse in which the last five "He (Raman) has been telling me on this aspect, but the next aim is to were 83 for three at the close, 221 wickets fell for eight runs. to play 30 overs in ODIs as he knows carry on batting till the end of the runs short of their target. Left-arm swing bowler that if I bat till 30 overs, I will contin- innings. The tourists started their Vishwa Fernando dismissed Du ue to bat. And in 20 over games he has "Somewhat, yes, may be 10 per cent chase promisingly in Durban, Plessis for 90 three overs later and been telling me to bat for 13 overs," the I have improved on that. From 50 to with captain Dimuth Karunaratne the rest of the batting crumbled. 22-year-old Mandhana said. 60s, I have gone to 70s. But I'm still and Lahiru Thirimanne putting Fernando took four for 71 to "He's giving me targets to bat a cer- leaving 20-30 runs when we are chas- on 42 for the first wicket but both follow up a career-best four for 62 tain number of balls, because strike rate ing. I think it will be good if I come openers were out in the space of in the first innings. and those kinds of things never concern back not out. Hopefully I can do that five balls, to be followed shortly Du Plessis played a solid me, the only problem is the patience against England in the (upcoming) ODI afterwards by Kusal Mendis. Replays showed it was "umpire's Sri Lanka's achievement in taking innings, facing 182 balls and hit- aspect. He is helping with that and giv- and the T20 series," she said. Thirimanne fell for 21 to a call" with the ball flicking the bails. the last five South African wick- ting 11 fours before he padded up ing me targets to bat through these "Im really excited (for the England sharp catch at second slip by Duanne Olivier replaced ets for eight runs. to a ball from Fernando which many balls and that many overs and series) and we are playing the ICC South African captain Faf du Philander and struck with his fifth Left-arm spinner Lasith swung in and trapped him palpa- that is being great," said the left-hand- Championships and we need six points Plessis when he edged an extrav- ball when Kusal Mendis flashed at Embuldeniya, 22, playing in his bly in front of his stumps. ed batswoman. to be up there. Hopefully we will all agant drive against Kagiso a short ball and was caught behind first Test, took five for 66 as South Du Plessis and Quinton de Mandhana, asked specifically stick together and win the ODI series Rabada. for nought. Africa were bowled out for 259 in Kock (55) put on 96 for the fifth whether the team is too dependent on cover up for your teammate. And (against England). I hope that I can win Karunaratne was out for 20 in Oshada Fernando and Kusal their second innings. wicket with De Kock in sparkling her, replied that the perception is not sometimes that would be the case, if I more matches for India," Mandhana the next over, leg before wicket to Perera, both showing a willingness form in a 62-ball innings before correct. am not going, the middle order will remarked. Vernon Philander for the second to go for their shots, saw Sri Lanka IMPRESSIVE DEBUT he went back on his stumps to "No, I don't think so. We have got look after me (help me). The ODI series against England time in the match. As in the first through to an early close when South Africa were on course Embuldeniya and was leg before a lot of match-winners in our team. It "So you can't say that they (other starts Friday next and all the three innings it was a tight decision bad light stopped play. to set the tourists a more chal- to a ball which spun in to the left- is just that sometimes someone goes batswomen) are too dependent, but I matches in the 50-over rubber will be which Karunaratne reviewed. The flurry of wickets negated lenging target when they reached hander and kept low. through a lean patch and you need to think the main responsibility as a bat- played at the Wankhede Stadium.