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Envoy briefs US Settlement chance: Sunni Board J&K Upper House abolished lawmakers, lists SC holds in-chamber proceedings to consider proposal Muslims’ counsel Move comes ahead of Oct 31 bifurcation into 2 UTs steps in Kashmir Tribune News Service in trouble over Jammu, October 17 strength of 116 officials, includ- Washington, October 17 WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYONE Ahead of attaining the status ing an Additional Secretary, India’s ambassador to US NewDelhi, October 17 Advocate Shahid Rizvi said some parties involved in Ayodhya title tearing of map of Union Territory on October three Deputy Secretaries and Harsh Vardhan Shringla has A day after the Supreme Court dispute had reached settlement, ensuring ‘win, win’ for both Tribune News Service 31, the bicameral (two-tier) three Under Secretaries. briefed lawmakers on the sit- reserved verdict in the Ram sides. He urged Ram Lalla Virajman & Nirmohi Akhara to ‘join in’. legislature in Jammu and As per the Reorganisation uation in Kashmir and the Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid NewDelhi, October 17 Kashmir came to an end Bill, J&K will be bifurcated steps taken by the govern- dispute, the Uttar Pradesh Sun- The act of tearing a pictorial today with the government into two UTs — J&K and ment to maintain peace after ni Waqf Board on Thursday map purportedly showing the abolishing 62-year-old Leg- Ladakh — on October 31. J&K’s special status was confirmed that it had submit- birthplace of Lord Ram during islative Council, the Upper J&K will have a State Leg- revoked in August. ted a proposal for amicable set- the Ayodhya land dispute hear- House of Legislature, and islative and will get to elect its The briefing held on tlement of the vexed problem. ing in the Supreme Court has directing its staff to report to own representatives, while Wednesday, the first such by “The parties have reached a invited trouble for senior advo- the general administration Ladakh will be run by a Lieu- the top Indian diplomat here settlement before the media- cate Rajeev Dhavan as Hindu department (GAD). LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL tenant Governor who will act for members of the powerful tion panel….I cannot divulge priest Ajay Gautam today wrote The council was abolished ESTABLISHED IN 1957 as an administrator. House Foreign Affairs Com- the details. Mediation is to Chief Justice of India Ranjan under Section 57 of the Jam- “The vehicles purchased mittee, took place amidst ■ already done and over. Other Gogoi seeking revocation of his mu and Kashmir Reorganisa- J&K was among seven for Legislative Council are growing concern among US parties, who did not seek it, ‘senior advocate’ designation. tion Bill, 2019, introduced in states in India that had transferred to Director State lawmakers on the curbs in must read the terms of the set- One of the factions of All the Rajya Sabha on August 5 two-tier legislature Motor Garages, while the Kashmir, several of which Construction material for Ram Temple at Ayodhya. PTI ■ tlement and sign it. There is a India Hindu Mahasabha, too, and subsequently passed by It functioned as the Upper Secretary, Legislative Coun- have been removed. Several chance of settlement,” Sunni ANSARI’S SON WON’T CHALLENGE VERDICT wrote to the Bar Council of both Houses of Parliament. House for 87-member state cil, shall hand over building congressmen who were not Waqf Board counsel Syed India demanding appropriate According to the government Assembly of council along with furni- members of the committee Shahid Rizvi told the media. Plaintiff Iqbal Ansari, whose father Hashim Ansari was the oldest action against Dhavan for his order, the council staff would ■ The 36-member council ture and electronic gadgets to also attended the ambassado- litigant in the Babri case, said he would accept the SC decision. was set up in 1957 after an continued on page 7 He said he was happy the case was reaching its logical end. “highly unethical act” on the report to the GAD by October the Director Estates,” the rial briefing and a majority of more on page 7 last day of hearing. 22. The council had the staff Act passed by Parliament order said. — TNS them were Democrats. — PTI

Mexico deports 311 Indians under Every third urban 34 farm machinery banks go ‘untraced’ in Bathinda Vishav Bharti societies comprising farmers, 34, all in Bathinda, were not The report says 320 US pressure Indian jobless: Singh Tribune News Service self-help groups, farmers’ Team of central institute found on the stated address. machines were supplied to the Mexico City, October 17 Chandigarh, October 17 societies, farm groups and pri- surveyed 107 centres in Each bank was given Rs 6 banks in these three districts In a first, Mexico’s migration Tribune News Service Curiously, Agriculture vate entrepreneurs. four Punjab districts lakh-Rs 8 lakh as subsidy. of which only 276 were “phys- authorities deported 311 Indi- Department officials have A team of the Central Farm The report also said no dis- ically available.” Seventeen ans, including a woman, from Mumbai, October 17 been unable to trace farm Machinery Training & Test- ‘CORRECT LIST GIVEN’ play/information board was machines were not used at all. various parts of the country The Indian economy was machinery banks in Bathinda ing Institute Budni, MP, that placed outside these centres A total 167 Happy Seeders amidst stepped-up efforts to slowing down instead of that were set up by the Centre carried out a survey of 107 ❝There were discrepancies to beckon farmers. This indi- were supplied to these banks check people illegally cross- accelerating under PM under a scheme to tackle centres in Bathinda, Barnala in the list with the Central cates that the machines pur- of which 24 were “not physi- ing its borders following pres- Narendra Modi and there stubble. Providing 80 per cent and Sangrur districts in July, team. We gave them the chased on government sub- cally available” and two Hap- sure from the US. was no way it could touch $5 subsidy on purchase of farm in a report to the Punjab Gov- correct Bathinda list. sidy were not rented out to py Seeders were lying idle. A press note issued by the trillion, former PM Manmo- implements, these banks/cen- ernment, has said that only 73 marginal/small farmers as Indicating under-utilisation KS Pannu, AGRICULTURE, SECY, PUNJAB National Migration Institute han Singh said here today. tres were established by co-op of these could be verified and envisaged under the scheme. continued on page 7 (INM) said the Indian nation- Addressing the media ■ ECONOMIC DEPRESSION als were deported from the while campaigning for the Modi regime’s double-engine Maharashtra elections, Singh governance model has failed UNPRECEDENTED MOVE said the last five years had IN BRIEF ■ Toluca City International Air- seen massive job losses with PUBLIC SECTOR BANK NPAs BSF jawan killed in firing by port on a Boeing 747 aircraft to businesses shutting down. Why always blame UPA, you B’desh trooper at WB border too had 5 years... could have New Delhi. The move comes He said the economy needed Kolkata: A BSF jawan was learnt from our ‘mistakes’ after US President Donald to grow at 10-12 per cent to killed and another injured on Trump in June threatened tar- become a $5-trillion economy ■ ARTICLE 370 ABROGATION Thursday after a Bangladeshi iffs on all Mexican imports if by 2024 from $2.7 trillion in Congress voted in favour, but border guard fired from his AK- the country did not put a check 2018. Instead of growth, it opposed way it was handled 47 rifle at a ‘flag meeting’ along on people entering America was showing signs of deceler- ■ CASES AGAINST RIVALS the international border in West through Mexico borders. ation, he pointed out. ED under NDA has more pow- Bengal, officials said. The ties The deportees, accompa- Referring to a statement by ers than ever. Hope it won’t be between the two forces have nied by the Federal Migration the International Monetary used to settle political scores been cordial and no bullet has agents and members of the Fund that India’s growth rate been fired between them for ■ ABOUT NRC IN ASSAM National Guard, were gath- in the current financial year decades, but the “apparent BJP expected it will exclude ered at the Acayucan Migra- would be only 6.1 per cent high-handedness” has led to Muslims, but 12 lakh Bengal tion Station in Veracruz for against 7.3 per cent estimated Hindus have been left out tension. BACK PAGE their identification and sub- earlier, he said, “With the sequent transfer. growth rate declining, I don’t Delhi court sends ex-Fortis “There is no precedent in the see any hope of reaching the said every third person in promoters to 14-day custody history of the INM of a Trans- $5-trillion target by 2024.” urban India was jobless today. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Atlantic air conduction, such Singh, credited with open- “Due to lack of jobs and Thursday remanded former For- as that carried out on this day,” ing up Indian economy as opportunities, many people tis Healthcare promoters the statement read. — PTI Finance Minister in the 1990s, continued on page 7 Malvinder Singh and his brother Shivinder to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly misappro- priating funds of Religare Fin- vest Ltd. The Singh brothers Army restructuring put ‘on hold’ had moved a bail plea which AjayBanerjee creation of posts, have been will be heard, along with that of Tribune News Service Would have meant held back, say sources. Arora, on Friday. PTI NewDelhi, October 17 merger of important It has been decided that The Army’s much-awaited directorates, slashing restructuring in totality will Britain clinches Brexit deal, restructuring of headquarters commence only after govern- Johnson faces House hurdle has been ‘put on hold’ follow- officer strength in Delhi ment sanction for full propos- Brussels: Britain clinched an ing ‘incomplete’ sanction to als, which entail restructuring eleventh-hour Brexit deal with carry out the process that Called the Government at the top and re-distribution the EU on Thursday, more than would entail creation of sepa- Sanction Letter (GSL), the of work. This could require three years after Britons voted rate wings to deal with internal first two parts were issued on sanction from the Cabinet in a referendum to leave the vigilance and human rights August 21. The remaining Committee on Security, indi- bloc, but Prime Minister Boris policies, merger of important parts, that were to actually cate the sources. The officers, Johnson still faces a knife-edge directorates and slashing offi- carry out the process and lay who are to be weaned off the vote in parliament to get it cer strength in Delhi. down terms for merger and continued on page 7 approved. PAGE 11 In close fight, Dalit votes may be clincher Sushil Manav Tribune News Service Two ROs shifted Chandigarh, October 17 Geetanjali Gayatri Dalit vote is expected to play a Tribune News Service decisive role in several Chandigarh, October 17 Haryana constituencies. With Returning Officers of the no authentic caste data, tenta- Mullana and Meham Assem- tive estimates indicate the bly segments have been Dalits comprise 18 per cent of moved out on the directions the state’s total population. of the Election Commission

Before the emergence of HARYANA DALITS MAY NOT VOTE EN BLOC THIS TIME. FILE PHOTO over improper distribution the BSP, they would largely of voter slips. Sources said vote for the Congress. But Balmiki communities come on the 17 seats reserved for the EC conveyed its dis- over the years this has under category A while the SCs and STs, the voting trend pleasure over the matter to changed with various Sched- dominant Chamars are has been simple. “If a party the Haryana Chief Electoral uled Caste sub-groups voting placed in category B. fields a Chamar candidate, Officer at a review meeting for different parties. Within Activist Krishan Swaroop those from his community late in the evening. the Dalits, the Dhanak and Gorakhpuria points out that continued on page 7 continued on page 7

Today’s issue is of 26 pages, including six-page Chandigarh Tribune and four-page Life+Style. THE TRIBUNE 02 PUNJAB CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 Capt: SAD put state’s waters at stake by siding with INLD Claims Sukhbir’s move exposes rift in alliance, split imminent Tribune News Service Chaminda, Jodhan, Khan- door, Jangpur, Jassowal and Ludhiana, October 17 Hans Kalan, it culminated at While campaigning for Con- Roomi village. “The enthusi- gress candidate Sandeep asm of the people showed Singh Sandhu in Dakha, that the mood was complete- Chief Minister Capt ly in favour of the Congress Amarinder Singh today once again,” he claimed, reit- accused SAD president erating that the party was all Sukhbir Singh Badal of “put- set to sweep the byelection in ting Punjab’s water claim at all four segments. Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol with state BJP leaders during a roadshow in Phagwara on Thursday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH stake by supporting the INLD “The works done by the in the Haryana elections”. He Congress government in the took on Sukhbir over the state over the last two-and-a- Deol powers Akali Dal’s ambiguous rela- half years spoke for itself, and tions with the BJP. the people would once again CM playing divisive card Bagha’s Given INLD’s stand on the vote for this positive agenda of our party. Our government campaign Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh (R) and Ludhiana MP has ensured smooth procure- to divert attention: Malik ment of paddy, announced Our Correspondent Ravneet Bittu during a roadshow in Dakha. ASHWANI DHIMAN ASSEMBLY health insurance for all, pow- Our Correspondent Sabha MP also alleged that four weeks after taking oath ered the state’s industrialisa- Singh’s “weak policy” led to with the holy Gutqa Sahib in Phagwara,October 17 BYPOLL SANT BRAR REJOINS CONGRESS tion and waived farm debts, Phagwara, October 17 resurgence of militancy in his hands. Exhorting that it Bollywood star and Gur- Muktsar: Sant Singh Brar, who unsuccessful- which the people have Punjab BJP president Shwait Punjab. Malik said, “The fact was a contest between per- daspur MP Sunny Deol today water issue, anyone siding ly contested the 2007 Assembly polls as an acknowledged and repeated- Malik today accused CM Capt is that militancy is growing in formers and non-performers, held a roadshow here in with the Chatualas was clearly Independent and as SAD nominee from Gid- ly endorsed with their votes,” Amarinder Singh of playing the state. The CM wants to he listed various achieve- favour of BJP candidate a threat to Punjab’s water derbaha in 2012, is nowadays campaigning in he pointed out. religious and divisive cards to create fear psychosis among ments of PM Narendra Modi Rajesh Bagha. rights, said the Chief Minister. favour of Congress’ Raminder Amla for the On the issue of drugs, Capt vitiate the atmosphere in the the people of the state in order in 100 days of his second BJP state chief Shwait While extending support to Jalalabad bypoll. Brar was earlier associated with the Con- Amarinder said a lot had state and divert people’s to grind his political axe and term. He claimed Capt Malik, Union Minister Som the INLD and pitching gress and remained on various posts in the party. TNS been achieved although the attention from burning derive political mileage.” Amarinder had nothing to Parkash, Phagwara Mayor against the BJP in Haryana, problem still persisted as issues. The Congress govern- Alleging that Singh wants mention as his achievement Arun Khosla, leader Rajiv Sukhbir and his party were, at adding that a split in the These things, he said, were Pakistan continued to smug- ment in the state has failed on to disturb the Hindu-Sikh in “1,000 days of his misrule”. Pahwa and former minister the same time allying with the alliance in Punjab seemed against the ideology of gle narcotics into Punjab, every front and Singh has not unity, Malik said, “The peo- He hailed the Centre for Tikshan Sood were present latter in Punjab, Captain more than imminent. “khulle darshan”, which his which was also getting drugs fulfilled even a single prom- ple of Punjab will not allow succeeding in abolishing on the occasion. Amarinder pointed out, Talking to mediapersons government was fighting for. from Nepal, Kashmir, Delhi ise, Malik claimed. Capt (Amarinder Singh) to Article 370 in J&K and pass- An enthusiastic crowd vied describing the Akali leader as during his roadshow in It was his second roadshow and Kandla, among other Addressing a press confer- succeed in his evil designs.” ing a Bill against Triple for a glimpse of the actor and a “power-hungry” politician. Dakha, Capt Amarinder said in the constituency. The places. The state govern- ence here, he said that the Terming the Congress “vish- Talaaq. Punjab’s four tried to click photos. Deol Sukhbir’s behaviour had poor devotees desirous of vis- Chief Minister’s convoy ment had joined forces with BJP-SAD combine will win all wasghati (betrayer)”, he Assembly seats — Phag- threw his fists in the air and also exposed the fissures iting the gurdwara during the passed through Latala Man- the neighbouring states and four Assembly seats that will alleged the CM reneged on wara, Dakha, Mukerian flashed the victory sign. Hun- between the SAD and BJP, 550th Parkash Purb could not di, and moving via Chhapar, was successfully battling the “prove to be a Waterloo for his promise of wiping out and Jalalabad — are going dreds of vehicles also lined said the Chief Minister, afford taxes and passports. Dhurkot, Gujjarwal, menace, he added. Amarinder Singh.” The Rajya drugs from the state within to polls on October 21. up along the elevated road to witness the roadshow. Many youths even attempted to Ayali: Police climb on the vehicle to take a More trouble, PDA It’s rich vs ordinary inJalalabad: Majithia selfie with the actor, but were stopped by the police. ‘harassing’ Fazilka, October 17 in rural areas. He alleged that Even as Deol did not Youth Akali Dal chief Bikram during the roadshow of Capt address any gathering, SAD workers set for a wider split Singh Majithia has accused Amarinder Singh yesterday, Bagha and Som Parkash Ludhiana, October 17 Deepkamal Kaur the Congress government of the Congress hired a large expressed their gratitude SAD Dakha candidate Man- Tribune News Service BSP, RMPI extend misusing its power ahead of number of persons from 30 to the MP for taking out preet Singh Ayali accused the Jalandhar, October 17 the bypolls being held in four constituencies of the state. time for giving a push to Congress government and Ahead of the bypolls in the support to AAP constituencies. He said it was Sticking to the party stand of the campaign. police for allegedly harassing state, the Punjab Democratic a “contest between a rich man, opposing the release of cops The roadshow started from Akali workers. Alliance (PDA), which was AAP to join Sukhpal Awla, who held property languishing in prisons for the local BJP office and Ayali alleged that a team of formed a few months ago dur- Khaira’s Punjab Ekta Party, worth crores, and a common human rights violations dur- passed through key areas of the Ropar police had come ing parliamentary elections, is also a constituent of the man, Raj Singh Dibbipura. It ing the militancy period, he the city. Though the proces- to arrest one of their work- set for a wider split. PDA, announced his return is up to the voters to decide said it was tantamount to sion was to cover more areas, ers today, but they opposed There seems to be a com- to AAP yesterday. Even as who they will choose”. SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia speaks at a rally in Jalalabad. “patronising the crime con- the actor left midway near the police action. He plete lack of coordination and PDA members had earlier Addressing a poll meeting in ducted by saviors of the people Chadha Market at 5.08 pm. stopped the police from change of affiliations within proposed to rope in AAP, Chack Banwala village of the OVER 43% BOOTHS SENSITIVE who betrayed the country. He was scheduled to reach arresting the worker. the alliance partners. Two of Khaira remained averse to it. Jalalabad segment, Majithia ■ Over 43% booths in the Jalalabad Assembly segment We’ll continue to oppose it.” Mukerian to attend another Appearing live on his Face- its constituents, the BSP and PDA partners BSP and said the Congress had been have been declared sensitive and hypersensitive. Majithia said the Congress roadshow in support of BJP book page, Ayali alleged that the Revolutionary Marxist Lok Insaaf Party have abusing power by influencing had betrayed old party lead- candidate Mukerian Jangi ■ the police were harassing Party of India (RMPI), have already exchanged barbs for people to vote in favour of its Official sources said 239 booths had been set up, of ers like ex-minister Hans Raj Lal Mahajan. The local road- which 100 had been declared vulnerable/sensitive and Akali workers and they did announced to support AAP. having their own candidates candidate through govern- Josan by offering ticket to an show, however, continued four critical/hypersensitive in the Jalalabad segment. not allow the cops to arrest the While the BSP yesterday on two seats — Phagwara ment employees, particularly “outsider”. — OC even after Deol’s departure. worker. He alleged that false announced support to AAP and Dakha. While the cases were being registered candidate Gurdhian Singh BSP has fielded Thekedar against the Akali workers Multani in Mukerian, the Bhagwan Dass, LIP picked before the byelection. RMPI today said it would help Jarnail Nangal as its candi- “On the instructions of AAP nominees Mahinder date in Phagwara against Pilgrim fee issue unresolved the Congress government, Singh Kachura in Jalalabad the PDA decision. the police are harassing our and Multani in Mukerian. The candidates of alliance Sandeep Dikshit poised to sign a pact on the cor- We’ve urged Pakistan not to do workers. We will not toler- The RMPI made a formal parties are badly hitting out Tribune News Service ridor. Islamabad has remained so. We hope the agreement can ate any kind of harassment announcement in this regard against one another and New Delhi, October 17 unmoved on the Indian be concluded and signed in to the party workers. I at its headquarters in Jaland- vying to get a better score The government will be request to scrap the $20 fee to time for the great event.” appeal to the workers to har. Senior AAP leader and than the other. In Dakha, attempting to steal the march be charged from each pilgrim. Pakistan has almost agreed stay united,” he said. Leader of Opposition (LoP) which was in LIP kitty in the over Pakistan in a subtle tus- The Ministry of External to allow an Indian consular He said, “I have talked to Harpal Singh Cheema, RMPI alliance, the BSP chose to sle unfolding over celebra- Affairs, resigned to this officer to be posted during the senior police officials regard- national secretary Mangat field its worker Dev Sarabha tions of the 550th Gurpurb by inevitability, said: “After sever- time of the pilgrimage and to ing harassment and will also Ram Pasla and state general as an Independent candidate organising the visit of 90 al rounds of discussion with permit 10,000 pilgrims on spe- complain to the Election Com- secretary Harkanwal Singh and back him completely to ambassadors to the Golden Pakistan, we have reached an cial days. The “Ambassadors mission of India against the said a decision was taken in a spoil LIP’s prospects. Temple On October 22, less agreement on all other issues, day in Harmandir Sahib” will alleged misuse of government meeting here today. PDA convener Sukhpal than three weeks before the except the matter of service begin with traditional felicita- machinery by the state gov- In another setback, Baldev Khaira refused to comment opening of Kartarpur corridor. fee. Pakistan insists on charg- tions besides gidda and ernment.” — TNS Singh Jaiton, who had quit on the developments. India and Pakistan are ing Rs 1,420 from each pilgrim. bhangra performances. A floating light and sound show underway at Ropar. TRIBUNE PHOTO Holy Bein’s source at Dhanoa village faces neglect US Congress pays any free-flowing stream. is now working at some dis- At the site, a historical baoli Natural springs vanish, flow maintained by hydel project tance from here as he does not tributes to Guru (stepwell) remains in a state of want to get into the village pol- Amritsar, October 17 GURU’s total neglect as Sikhs as well itics. He used to hold nagar The Sikhs across the world Highlights His as Sanatan Dharam temple kirtan on the occasion starting are delighted over the first- teachings, Sikhs’ TH authorities are in a dispute from here, but now it starts ever prayers held in the US 550 over its ownership. The baoli, from adjoining villages.” Congress and Senate in San contribution BIRTH ANNIVERSARY which is earlier learnt to have Seechewal is currently Francisco in commemora- more water, now has about 5- spearheading a campaign to tion of the 550th Parkash to world Deepkamal Kaur feet-deep water, which is dark, put pressure on the govern- Purb of Guru Nanak. Tribune News Service filthy, covered with leaves and ment to maintain Bein. Pritpal Singh, coordinator, are delighted that the two US Mukerian, October 17 mosquitoes, and unfit for use. NGT chairman Justice Jas- American Gurdwara Pra- Houses held the prayers for Even as the 550th Gurpurb From Dhanoa to the adjoin- bir Singh visited Bein for the bandhak Committee, said Guru Nanak, who envisaged of Guru Nanak is approaching Terkiana village, the second time today and issued Senator Pat Tommey from world peace, humanity and ing, little seems to have been Bein hardly has any water. a deadline to the administra- Pennsylvania congratulated coexistence of diversities.” done to upkeep the Holy There are small puddles in it tion for October 31 to ensure the Sikhs on the upcoming Moderator Harpreet S Bein or its original source at and most of it is filled with that there is an alternate auspicious occasion. The Sandhu, executive director, Dhanoa village in the periph- weeds and hyacinth. As the mechanism for discharge of prayers were delivered by American Sikh Caucus Com- ery of Mukerian. rivulet reaches Terkiana, sewage, may be on a tempo- priest Sukhwinder Singh. mittee, also conducted an The Bein is learnt to have water from Mukerian Hydel rary basis so that not even a The chairman read out the interfaith dialogue session by originated from the water of Project falls into it and Water from the Mukerian Hydel Project flows into the Bein at Terkiana village. PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH drop of it does not make way principles of the Guru and thanking the Chair and high- the natural springs in the makes a moving stream. into Bein till the Gurpurb cel- the importance of His advent lighting the role of the Sikhs village. The groundwater Peeved over the ecological committee and social activist bring about more plantations hardly any work done.” ebrations are on. in the world. Congressman in the development and level in the village has fall- changes in the area, former Surinder Saini, said, “The in the area to maintain the Harnam Singh, a Dhanoa Meanwhile, the government Jim Costa also made the open- progress of the US society. en, due to which there are no IAS officer P Ram had initi- members, including senior groundwater level so that resident, said, “While earlier has decided to release 500 ing remarks on Guru’s princi- Members, including Con- natural springs now. Water ated Baba Nanak Kali Bein officials from Forests, Horti- springs could emerge again environmentalist Balbir S cusec freshwater into Bein ples and the contribution of gresswoman Shela Jackson simply percolates from Project alongwith environ- culture, Irrigation and Local and a natural flow of Bein Seechewal used to come here from October 23 to facilitate the Sikhs to the US. Lee of Texas, also spoke about beneath the ground, but it is mentalist Balbir S Seechew- Bodies, held meetings at could be revived. But the and maintained the place the devotees to have a holy dip AGPC president JS Hothi the contribution of the Sikh not in a volume so as to form al in 2000. A member of the sites and envisaged a plan to project got shelved soon with along with his volunteers, he at Sultanpur Lodhi. and Dr Pritpal Singh said: “We religion to the world.— TNS THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 PUNJAB 03 HC upholds conviction of 3 for DSP murder Officer, woman friend were found dead in Ludhiana farmhouse seven years ago Saurabh Malik COPS HAD CITED ROBBERY AS MOTIVE of the appellants in the February 2, 2012, under Sec- Tribune News Service crime,” the Bench ruled. tions 302, 379, 465, 468, 471, ■ Chandigarh, October 17 The case dates back to February 2012 The Bench also upheld the 474, 201, 120-B and 34 of the More than seven years after when then Moga DSP Balraj Singh Gill conviction of appellants, Has- IPC at the Haibowal police the then Moga DSP, Balraj and Monica Kapila were found sanjit Singh and Ravinder station in Ludhiana. murdered at a farmhouse in Ludhiana Singh Gill, and woman alias Rinku, but their substan- The victim’s father, Kash- Monica Kapila were found ■ The DSP was found with his throat slit tive sentence was reduced to mira Singh Gill, had told the brutally murdered at a and face smashed, while Kapila’s body period already undergone, police that his son Balraj, farmhouse in Ludhiana, the was so badly disfigured after the Bench observed they posted as DSP (Headquar- Punjab and Haryana High ■ The Ludhiana police cracked the case two months later in were involved after the occur- ters) at Moga, had told him Court has upheld the con- April 2012 with the arrest of the six accused, who claimed rence of two murders and had that he was going out with viction of the three accused. that they murdered DSP and his friend to rob them already undergone six months friends and would return The Bench of Justice Ajay and 15 days of actual sentence. shortly. Finding his mobile Family members and relatives of Charanjit (inset) mourn his death at their house in Abohar. TRIBUNE PHOTO Tewari and Justice both sentences would run The judge had directed the Appellant Davinder Singh switched off, the com- Harnaresh Singh Gill, at concurrently. The convicts, sentences to run consecutive- was acquitted of the charges plainant, along with others, the same time, ruled that Harwinder Singh, Pritpal ly and not concurrently. framed against him as allega- started searching for him. ~2L relief for kin of Abohar the trial court got swayed by Singh and Umesh Karda, had “The recovery of three tions were not proved beyond When the complainant the double murder and moved the High Court after mobile phones of the shadow of doubt. An FIR in reached a farmhouse of Bal- awarded two life sentences. they were convicted by Lud- deceased along with their oth- the matter was registered for raj’s friend, he saw his son’s Modifying the order, the hiana Additional Sessions er belongings leaves no doubt murder, theft, criminal con- body. He also saw a woman’s trader shot dead in Kashmir Bench made it clear that Judge in September 2015. about the active involvement spiracy and other offences on body in the bathroom. Raj Sadosh MANSA GETS APPLES grading and waxing plant WITH PAK SLOGANS owner and exporter Abohar, October 17 Surinder Charaya. After his A pall of gloom descended Bathinda: Apples with pro- father Jaspal Charaya fell ill, on the town over the killing Pakistan slogans were found Sanjiv had joined his uncle ~100-cr insurance scam HC sets aside ban of local fruit trader Charan- in boxes that arrived from to run the business. jit (40) by militants in Kashmir. These apples were Fruit merchants who brought to Bhikhi town of Kashmir at on Wednesday. assembled at the Kinnow Mansa by local traders. The busted, 4 held from Delhi on ‘Ram Siya Ke’ His relatives left for Srina- apples had “Pakistan Mandi mourned the demise gar last night to get his Zindabad” and “Pakistan and condemned the attack. Had data of 20,000 insured people, kingpin at large Chandigarh, October 17 body. The cremation will be Hamara Hai” written on them. The militants appeared The Punjab and Haryana Gives state right to held on Friday. A trader at the fruit market in determined to scare away Tribune News Service Kumar, his brother Akash almost a year after, it man- High Court has set aside pass further orders if The incident appears to be Bhikhi had bought these people from other parts of Kumar of Mangolpuri, aged to nab four of the gang orders issued by the District a deliberate attempt by mil- apples on Wednesday. He the country and shatter Ludhiana, October 17 Sunil Kumar of Sultanpuri, members from Delhi. These Magistrates of Kapurthala, petitioners violate their itants to target non-locals, opened these boxes on economy in the Valley, they Four persons have been arrest- and Mosami of Moti Bagh, accused were working in the Nawanshahr and Amritsar, undertaking said the aggrieved family Thursday to find pro-Pakistan said. Till Punjab traders ed by the city police from Del- all in Delhi. The police call centre of their kingpin vide which the telecast of TV and mourners, who visited slogans on them. He informed were not assured of safety, it hi for allegedly duping inno- seized 12 mobile phones from where they operated serial ‘Ram Siya Ke Luv observed that the state govern- their Sarabha Nagar house. the police, which has started a would be better to purchase cent people on the pretext of from their possession. the entire racket,” he added. Kush’ was suspended. ment had taken a conscious Charanjit’s brother probe into the incident. TNS fruit only from Himachal issuing insurance policies. Police Commissioner Hs claimed that the gang Allowing the writ petition decision to set up a committee Rakesh said Charanjit and Pradesh, they opined. The police said the gang, Rakesh Agrawal, ADCP used to procure data of filed by Colors TV and other to examine the issue, which Sanjiv were reportedly gar hospital. His condition Meanwhile, the state gov- which operated from Delhi, Sachin Gupta and other offi- insured people at Rs 4 per petitioners against Punjab and after deliberations suggested thrashed by two persons was stated to be critical. ernment today announced a had committed fraud worth cers addressed a press con- person. “As per initial others, Justice Tejinder Singh corrective measures. The same when the duo was getting “Till a few days ago, fruit financial assistance of Rs 2 Rs 100 crore with hundreds of ference here today. probe, the kingpin has cre- Dhindsa today directed the set- were not only accepted by the apple boxes uploaded in traders were told to avoid lakh for the family of Charan- people in the past eight years. Agrawal said the gang had ated some fake insurance ting aside of the impugned petitioners, but also imple- trucks at Tranz in Shopian. visiting Shopian, but they jit. Deputy Commissioner The police recovered data duped a city resident, companies and by calling orders and other identical mented in episodes. They also The miscreants then took were recently informed that Manpreet Singh Chhatwal of 20,000 people across India Jagdev Singh, of Rs 3.4 innocent people and luring directions that may have been furnished an undertaking to them away to some distance the situation had improved. said Rs 1 lakh aid had also having insurance policies in crore by providing him fake them with multiple returns, passed by other District Magis- adhere to such corrective steps where armed militants were Following this, they left for been announced as assistance various companies. The role insurance policies. An FIR the accused used to issue trates of the state. for future telecast as well. The camping. They started firing Kashmir to purchase to Sanjiv Charaya’s family. of some insurance company was lodged at Sarabha fake policies. Once the gang Taking up the petition filed Bench said it would be open that killed Charanjit on the apples,” Rakesh said. The Chief Minister has employees is also under Nagar in October last year. kingpin is arrested, more through senior advocate Vikas for the state government to spot, Sanjiv reportedly sus- Charanjit is survived by his condemned the act of ter- scanner for leaking the data. “Since then, our cyber cell layers of the racket will be Bahl, Abhinav Sood and Jay K pass orders if petitioners vio- tained five bullet injuries wife and eight-year-old son. rorism and conveyed sym- The accused are Yogesh was trying to get a link and exposed,” said the ADCP. Bhardwaj, Justice Dhindsa late their undertaking. — TNS and was shifted to a Srina- Sanjiv is nephew of a fruit pathies with both families.

Jobless teachers’ ADMISSION NOTICE meet on Oct 20 SAINIK SCHOOL, KAPURTHALA Sangrur, October 17 Registration for All India Sainik School Entrance Exam for Session 2020-21 for Seeing no government action admission to Classes VI and IX is open. on fulfilment of their demands The last date for filling of application is extended up to 31 Oct, 2019 even a month after start of their Only online applications are accepted protest outside the Sangrur DC You may also visit http://sainikschooladmission.in/ office, unemployed BEd teach- index.html or School website ers will hold a state-level meet- www.sskapurthala.com for filling up of application forms ing on October 20 to intensify For further details their agitation. — TNS Contact Nos: 01822-230184/ DI-99960 7627820245 THE TRIBUNE 04 PUNJAB CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 Fire breaks out at 8,000 nodal officers to keep Vigilance AIG named Pakistan gurdwara in rape, extortion case Tribune News Service ‘CHARGES FALSE’ Tribune News Service eye on stubble fires in state REASON UNKNOWN Mohali, October 17 AIG Kapoor termed all alle- In an old case of rape, outrage gations false and fabricat- Amritsar, October 17 Though the exact reason To create awareness, provide machines for straw management to farmers ed. He is also said to have A fire broke out at Gurdwara is yet to be ascertained, of modesty, criminal intimida- shot a letter to the Chief Panja Sahib in the Pakistani sources say sparking from Tribune News Service tion and corruption, an Assis- Minister and Chief Secre- city of Hasan Abdal yesterday, a welding machine trig- BKU AGAINST DRIVE tant Inspector General (Vigi- tary, requesting transfer of but no loss of life was reported. gered fire in blankets Chandigarh, October 17 lance) Ashish Kapoor has been Sangrur: Ran Singh Chatha, investigations to any other According to information, placed in Gurdwara Panja Aiming to check stubble-burn- named by the State Special district general secretary, BKU police officer for free and the incident occurred on Sahib's ancient diwan ing effectively, the Punjab gov- Operating Cell (SSOC) here. (Sidhupur), has said the state fair investigation. Wednesday evening at the hall. According to another ernment has decided to government has failed to pro- A senior official of the gurdwara’s ancient diwan assumption, short-circuit depute nodal officers in nearly vide alternative to manage SSOC said it was an old case hall, but the exact cause of is the reason behind it. No 8,000 paddy-growing villages, stubble so the BKU will sup- of raping a woman and statement before judicial fire was yet to be ascertained. loss of life has been identified by the Agriculture port stubble-burning. Chief extorting money from her in magistrate in Mohali in which Sources say as the renova- reported. DSGMC presi- Department where paddy Agriculture Officer Jaswinder- which the name of the senior she had accused several cops. dent Manjinder Singh Sir- pal Singh Grewal said the tion work was on, the blan- stubble is burnt traditionally. cop had been named now. She had levelled allegations sa has urged the gurd- department would take kets placed nearby caught wara management for the Secretary Agriculture and action against the errants. Earlier, jail superintendent against Kapoor of physically wire due to a spark from the structure’s restoration. Farmers Welfare Kahan Subsidy is given on farm tools' Rajan Kapur has already exploiting her when he was welding machine. Another Singh Pannu today said the purchase, he said. TNS been dismissed in the case. posted as Amritsar jail super- assumption was short-circuit, deputy commissioners (DCs) Sources claimed that AIG intendent in 2016 and she which engulfed the materials Meanwhile, SGPC president had already been asked to Powercom will work in tan- and awareness lectures to sen- societies across the state Kapoor had been named in was lodged in the jail in a kept around. However, the Gobind Singh Longowal has depute officials each in such dem to check this menace effi- sitise students so that they would be put on this job. the FIR, having Sections 376 case. She had further alleged fire was soon brought under expressed grief over the inci- villages to create awareness caciously. Nodal officers will could in turn prevail upon Likewise, the services of the sub section (2) (a) (b) (c) (d), that Kapoor had later falsely control, causing minor dam- dent. DSGMC president Man- about the ill-effects of paddy also undertake various activi- their parents to make them 1,850 panchayat secretaries of 354, 419, 506 of IPC and sec- implicated her and her broth- age to the gurdwara property. jinder Singh Sirsa has stubble burning, hazardous ties, ranging from holding aware of the harmful effects of Rural Development & Pan- tion 7, 13 of the Prevention of er in an immigration fraud Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara appealed to the gurdwara man- for human health and envi- meetings with farmers, stubble-burning. chayats, 2,000 junior engi- Corruption (PC) Act. case. The victim had alleged Parbandhak Committee agement and local administra- ronment. These nodal offi- arranging crop residue man- If any farmer burns residue neers, 6,000 linemen, 200 sub- The sources claimed that that she was again raped by (PSGPC) former president tion to restore the historic struc- cers have been asked to keep agement (CRM) machines, in the open fields, the nodal division officers of the the victim, a native of the senior cop, while she was Mastan Singh said due to ture. “The 550th birth a close vigil over the post-har- distributing pamphlets/leaflets officers will mark red entry in PSPCL, 1,500 Agriculture, Haryana, had recorded her lodged at Patiala jail. short-circuit, a UPS system anniversary of Guru Nanak is vesting operations. etc. in villages, besides mak- the revenue records with the Horticulture and Soil Conser- caught fire. Consequently, approaching and devotees from The secretary said the staff ing announcements in gurd- help of the patwari concerned vation officials will also be the beddings lying nearby all over the globe will come to of Cooperation, Revenue, Rur- waras etc. He said the nodal following which the errant engaged for this purpose. In and other material got burnt. pay obeisance at the gurdwara. al Development and Panchay- officers had also been direct- will not get government farm addition, coordinating offi- The damaged portion would It needs to be repaired before ats, Agriculture, Horticulture ed to interact with village subsidies. Pannu said the sec- cers will also be deputed in a be repaired soon, he said. time,” he added. and Soil Conservation and schools for organising rallies retaries of 3,485 cooperative circle of 20 villages.

Govt staff go Nangal woman on strike Traders get goods at pre-duty hike charges murdered Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 17 ‘HEAVY LOSSES’ Nangal, October 17 Employees of the state gov- Amritsar, October 17 Traders suffered losses A 48-year-old woman was ernment on Thursday Giving relief to the traders ❝ allegedly strangled to death observed a pen-down strike doing bilateral cross-border due to recession. Each by relatives of another local across Punjab, after talks trade, the authorities allowed cement trader suffered a woman at Nikku Nangal here with Finance Minister Man- them to pick up their con- loss of Rs 6-7 lakh as ~28 yesterday. The deceased has preet Singh Badal remained signments from the ICP per bag was charged as been identified as Tara Devi. inconclusive. Attari cargo by paying nor- demurrage, which should Nangal DSP Davinder The strike call was given by mal charges that were appli- Singh said Tara Devi, former be ~5-7.Ashok Sethi, DIRECTOR, the Sanjha Mulazam Manch, cable prior to the hefty village panch, had lent Rs Punjab and Chandigarh. import duty. CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 19,000 to a local woman iden- They are demanding release As a fallout of the Pulwama tified as Chandana, a native of of DA, removal of pay anom- attack, the Centre had imposed traders' plea, the High Court normal charges to claim value degradation. West Bengal. Tara Devi went alies and implementation of 200 per cent duty on goods to be ordered to release the withheld their goods. MPS Chatha, an importer, to demand her money from new pay panel, etc. imported from Pakistan since goods that had arrived from Anil Mehra, president, All- said the strength of cement Chandana last evening when Meanwhile, the Revenue February 16. At least 90,000 Pakistan till the duty hours i.e. India Dry Dates Association, tends to weaken after two the latter’s brother, Raghu- Patwar Union of Punjab has bags of cement around 6,000 till 5 pm of February 16 on nor- termed it a victory of traders. months. “Though, I too nath Singh, along with anoth- threatened to intensify its of dry dates, 500 metric tonnes mal duty charges. Though, the dry fruit, gypsum picked up my cement con- er kin, were having liquor. agitation against the recruit- of limestone, gypsum and Still the traders were asked and limestone dealers were a signment of around 1,600 As Tara used “derogatory ment of retired patwaris and inorganic chemicals and to demurrage on goods, but happy lot, the cement traders bags by paying normal duty, language” for her for delay- kanungos. They want recruit- drugs in bulk were still lying now, the Central Ware Hous- suffered losses as the seven- but 75 per cent of the bags ing the payment, Raghunath ment of youngsters to fill the at the ICP Attari cargo for cus- ing Corporation conceded to month delay in lifting of sacks got thickened and lost its allegedly strangled Tara to vacant posts. — TNS toms clearance. Acting upon their demand of charging from cargo had resulted in its value,” he said. death. After removing Tara’s jewellery, they dumped her body nearby. Raghunath and his kin fled to West Bengal, said the DSP. He said Chan- Govt yet to release dana was arrested. Hunt is on ~3.8K cr to PSPCL for others. — TNS Aman Sood Ratings improve Tribune News Service ■ Patiala, October 17 With rank 9, the PSPCL Following repeated delays has improved its last year’s rating (11) for on part of the state govern- state power distribution ment to clear pending sub- companies, as per Min- sidy bill against free power istry of Power's report. supplied by Punjab State ■ Power Corporation Limited It, however, is still covered under ‘A grade’ (PSPCL), the balance due for its high operational after adjustments now and financial perform- stands at Rs 3,838 crore. ance capabilities. Meanwhile, the delayed ■ release of subsidy added to It is yet to regain ‘A+ the PSPCL’s lower rating as grade’, which it held for two consecutive years. it managed to bag only ‘A . grade’ in the seventh report of the Union Power Ministry amount received is Rs 3,397 released last week. crore. The balance subsidy The shortfall in the amount due after adjustments is Rs to be given by the Punjab 3,838 crore. Government to the PSPCL on The Punjab State Electricity the account of free electricity Regulatory Commission has for agriculture sector, sub- assessed the power subsidy to sidised power for industry be given to the PSPCL at Rs and SC/ST/BPL consumers is 14,972 crore, including arrears increasing every month. of previous years amounting As per the PSPCL web- to Rs 5,297 crore. The monthly site, the total subsidy subsidy to be paid by the Pun- payable up to October 15 jab Government in advance is was Rs 8,629 crore and the Rs 1,268.57 crore. Civic body pensioners resent payment delay Fazilka, October 17 ister Brahm Mohindra sever- Resentment is brewing al times in the past 3-4 days, among the Municipal Council but to no avail. (MC) pensioners as they have Pensioners say they have not been paid the pension for been facing financial hard- the month of September. ships during the festival days. Mohan Lal Goklany, general “Pension is often paid in the secretary, Ferozepur-Bathin- first five days of every month, da region, Punjab Municipal but we are still awaiting clear- Pensioners Association, said ance from the Finance the issue of non-payment of Department,” pensioners pension had been brought to said, adding that they will the notice of the personal launch an agitation if pension assistant of Local Bodies Min- is not paid immediately. — OC THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 05 HARYANAELECTIONS2019 Jail awaits We tweaked you, Khattar Cong speaks Pak’s Art 370 many In Meham, BJP rebel giving times: Khera tells Hooda language: Rajnath Tribune News Service Ravinder Saini Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 17 jitters to party, Cong MLA Mahendragarh, October 17 Congress national spokesper- Castigating the Congress for son Pawan Khera today Contesting as Independent, philanthropist Kundu enjoys popularity raising questions over abro- slammed the BJP over Article Sushil Manav & gation of Article 370, 370 and claimed that his party Ravinder Saini Defence Minister Rajnath had amended it 12 times in the Tribune News Service Singh on Thursday said it past to reduce its effectiveness. Rohtak, October 17 Meham (Rohtak), October 17 spoke the language of Pak- “The Cabinet which prom- Launching a scathing attack A BJP rebel contesting as istan and had nothing to do ulgated it had Syama Prasad on veteran Congress leader Independent is giving the jit- with national interest. Mukherjee too,” he said. Bhupinder Singh Hooda in ters to sitting Congress MLA He was addressing a rally Mukherjee had later founded his Assembly segment Anand Singh Dangi and BJP organised by BJP candidate Rajnath Singh in Satnali. the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi today, candidate Shamsher Singh and Education Minister Ram He said BJP leaders were CM Manohar Lal Khattar Kharkhara in the Meham Bilas Sharma in Satnali. He is resisting this historical step skipping issues of Haryana in stated that Hooda was syn- Assembly segment of Rohtak sought votes for Sharma, say- without caring for national their campaign and diverting onymous with corruption. district in Haryana. ing the electors should keep interest. Electors should from the core problems by Khattar accused Hooda of The Independent Balraj nation interest in mind. endorse the decision by sup- talking about Pakistan, China having indulged in corrupt Kundu, who was chairman of “The Congress ruled for 70 porting and voting for BJP and the USA. “Money in practices pertaining to shady Zila Parishad, Rohtak, had years, but never made any candidates,” he said. banks is not safe. The reserve land deals. He said when Hoo- resigned from the post for the effort to scrap Article 370. The He said Army personnel were of the RBI has been taken da was the Chief Minister, he BJP ticket, which eventually BJP abrogated it while fulfill- sacrificing their lives while bat- away. Our economy has col- used to say “Khoob khelunga went to Kharkhara, who had ing its promise. The Congress tling terrorists in Kashmir. lapsed,” he added. rajneeti ka khel, kyunki meri contested the last two elec- jeb me hai Ahmed Patel”. tions against Dangi. BJP rebel Balraj Kundu greets people during his campaign in Meham segment. TRIBUNE PHOTO “But now the situation has “Kundu is known more as a changed and the new position philanthropist in the area. He is: ‘Ab nahi chalega koi khel, runs 12 buses which ferry girl Contest only between Cong, BJP: Hooda Segment known for JJP for right to work, healthcare tumhara intezar kar rahi hai students from various villages Rohtak: Stating that the main contest in Chaubisi Chabutra jail’,” the CM added. — TNS of the constituency to colleges the elections was between the BJP and the Meham is known for its MANIFESTO Promises free education to girls till PhD and universities in Rohtak Congress, former CM Bhupinder Singh ‘Chaubisi Chabutra’, a plat- every day for free. He helps Hooda advised the electors not to waste form where 24 villages of Tribune News Service poor people for the marriage of their votes on the other parties. Address- the constituency took a POLL BUZZ their daughters and is always ing a rally at Meham on Thursday, he told decision on which candi- Chandigarh, October 17 ready with donations for his supporters to beware of “vote-cutters”, apparently date to support. Now, the The JJP on Thursday Nominee arrives at gaushalas and other charity referring to BJP rebel Balraj Singh Kundu. TNS practice is losing ground. released its manifesto, prom- works,” says Mahabir, a youth ising right to work, right to rally in ambulance in Bahu Akbarpur village. become arrogant over the by an even bigger margin,” “Seven out of ten of his sup- sports facilities, right to Hisar: BJP candidate from Another youth corrects him, years. Kundu, on the other his supporters claim. porters were Dangi’s sup- health and free education to Tosham Assembly constituen- saying the number of free hand, respects all who come to Dangi (67), a four-time MLA, porters earlier. Kundu’s influ- girls till PhD. Party secre- cy Shashi Ranjan arrived in an buses for girl students run by him for any work,” Malik adds. had filed his nomination ence is limited to a few tary general KC Bangar ambulance in a rally organ- Kundu is 13 not 12. Dangi’s supporters, howev- papers even before the Con- villages while I had almost released the manifesto. ised for his campaign on At Mokhra, the biggest vil- er, downplay Kundu’s chal- gress tickets were decided defeated Dangi in 2014 when Besides guaranteeing employ- Thursday. He was admitted lage of the district with a pop- lenge and claim that the BJP and had said he did not have he eventually won by a nar- ment based on eligibility under JJP leaders release the manifesto in Chandigarh. RAVI KUMAR to a hospital for implanting a ulation of over 20,000, over 30 rebel’s influence is limited to wait for the ticket since he row margin of 6,800 votes,” right to work, the party prom- stent in the heart due to a cardiac problem. Parmar, tractors are lined up to wel- only to the “aathgama” (a clus- had the powers of getting the BJP candidate says. ised 75 per cent reservation for ised free change of land use for clause during sale. who is taking on Congress come Kundu, who is sched- ter of eight villages) and he tickets for others too. “Nindana village of this con- local youth in jobs, Rs 11,000 as doing business, completion of The manifesto talked about leader and sitting MLA Kiran uled to come to the village. doesn’t enjoy any support in On the other hand, BJP can- stituency is the birthplace of unemployment allowance, 10 Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal, pay- direct elections to students’ Choudhry, was hospitalised “He enjoys the support of the “chaubisi” (the 24 villages didate Shamsher Kharkhara Chief Minister Manohar Lal marks for rural youth in compet- ment of 10 per cent or Rs 100 bodies every year. The party a couple of days ago after he people of all communities cut- famous for deciding the fate of is also confident of his victory Khattar. During the last five itive examinations and creation more than MSP, kisan model promised Rs 5,100 as old-age complained of chest pain. TNS ting across caste lines,” says Meham seat historically). and he maintains Kundu is years of the BJP regime, Rs 600 of Haryana security force for schools for rural students and pension and lowering of age Satbir Singh Malik. “Our leader will win this actually causing damage to crore have been spent on this large-scale recruitment. scrapping crop insurance poli- criterion to 58 years for men “Legislator Dangi has election again and this time Congress candidate Dangi. constituency,” Kharkhara says. For farmers, the party prom- cy and production per hectare and 55 years for women. HP CM: Cong acted like property dealer Kurukshetra: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday BJP leaders backing ‘Vikas’ as USP, FMstrives to win Narnaund again accused the previous Con- gress government in In direct contest, Capt Abhimanyu pitted against JJP’s Ram Kumar Gautam Haryana of acting as a Kaprivaas covertly property dealer and pur- Pradeep Sharma at his native village Khanda Tribune News Service chasing land from farmers Ravinder Saini gruntled after being denied Kheri during the course of his Starry punch at cheaper rates. He said Tribune News Service the ticket, are likely to sup- Narnaund (Hisar), October 17 election campaign. this while addressing a Rewari, October 17 port Kaprivaas covertly to It is BJP versus JJP in the The caste maths favoured from Sunny public meeting in Ladwa in Randhir Kaprivaas, a ensure Musepur’s defeat. primarily rural Jat-dominat- Capt Abhimanyu with over Hisar, October 17 favour of BJP candidate Bharatiya Janata Party They are keeping a dis- ed Assembly segment in His- 45% among the total 2 lakh Finance Minister Capt Abhi- Pawan Saini. “No one can (BJP) rebel who is in fray as tance from Musepur’s cam- ar district with state’s voters belonging to the minis- manyu’s campaign got a “fil- accuse Prime Minister an Independent candidate, paign. This can upset BJP’s Finance Minister Capt Abhi- ter’s Jat community. He, how- mi” touch on Thursday when Narendra Modi and Haryana is giving a stiff competition apple cart. manyu making a spirited ever, downplayed the role of Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol Chief Minister Manohar Lal to both BJP and Congress “The BJP has pitted a effort to retain the seat on the caste, claiming that the addressed a public meeting Khattar of corruption. But in candidates in Rewari. His ‘parachute candidate’ at development plank. BJP believed in the principle in Lohari Ragho village of contrast, the Congress rule was marked by a long list of rallies are generat- the behest of Rao Pitted against former MLA of “Haryana ek, Haryanvi ek”. the Narnaund segment. ing a good response. Inderjit, resulting and JJP candidate Ram Gautam, a prominent non- Sunny recounted some of scams.” he added. TNS Kaprivaas is the in resentment Kumar Gautam in a direct Jat leader, also seems to be the famous dialogues from sitting legislator among local party contest, former Army officer banking on the caste calcula- his film to appeal to voters. BSP leader joins BJP from Rewari. leaders. They are Capt Abhimanyu is primarily tions. Observers believed the “Tarikh pe tarikh, tarikh pe Yamunanagar: In a major The Congress has backing Kapri- banking on development. JJP was also banking on dom- tarikh, lekin 21 tarikh yaad boost to the BJP in the Radaur fielded Chiranjeev vaas covertly His “The area, which was always inant Jat votes as it had made rakhna. Kamal ke phool ko Assembly segment of Yamu- Rao, son of former candidature will last on the agenda of the previ- inroads into the Jat communi- Sunny Deol with Capt Abhimanyu in Narnaund on Thursday. yaad rakhna,” he said as nanagar district, Chaudhry minister Capt Ajay Randhir Kaprivaas benefit the Con- ous regimes, tasted develop- ty, the vote bank which was the crowd went berserk Randhir Singh left the BSP and Yadav, while the gress,” said ment only with the coming of once with their parent organi- infrastructural facilities, seem ances such as joblessness are with excitement. joined the saffron party on BJP has given Naresh Chauhan, the BJP governments at the sation — INLD. Besides devel- to be weighing heavily on Capt posing problems for the BJP “Capt Abhimanyu is my Thursday. “I have decided to ticket to Sunil Yadav a political analyst. Centre and Haryana in 2014. opment, the BJP is also hop- Abhimanyu’s opponents. leader. “People do appreciate younger brother. He had join the BJP as the party is Musepur, a loyalist of Another political observer The people are ready to bury ing to get votes on the national “Capt Saab vikas purush hai development works but helped me during my Lok working in national interest. Union Minister Rao Inder- Ishwar Yadav, “Kaprivaas is the politics of dynasty, region issues like abrogation of Arti- (Capt Abhimanyu is a develop- there is resentment among a Sabha elections,” the MP said, Karandev Kamboj is a local jit Singh. Both are new- getting good support. The and caste and we are sure to cle 370 and its cadre vote. ment-oriented man),” Ram section of society that their seeking votes for him with resident and he will undertake all-round development of the comers in the poll battle. BJP has fielded a candidate return to power on the basis of The recent developmental Niwas of Lohari village said. grievances have not been another of his famous dia- Radaur segment after becom- Sources say local BJP lead- who has no political base in development and transparen- works, which are visible in well- However, community proj- redressed by the BJP govern- logue. “Ye dhai kilo ka hath ing an MLA from here,” Rand- ers, who belong to anti-Rao- the constituency and is cy in administration,” Capt laid roads, a network of educa- ects seem to be minister’s ment,” said Sanjeev Sharma aaj aapse vote mangne aaya hir Singh said. TNS Inderjit faction or are dis- dependent on Rao Inderjit.” Abhimanyu told The Tribune tional institutions and other USP, while individual griev- of Narnaund. hai,” he added. — TNS ‘Jobs on merit’ scripts poll narrative in Jind Sushil Manav over 12,500 votes by defeating locked in a triangular contest & Ravinder Saini Digvijay Chautala of the JJP I won the Jind bypoll with Subhash Deswal of the Tribune News Service and Randeep Surjewala of ❝by more than 12,500 Congress and Dayanand Jind, October 17 the Congress. This time, the votes by defeating Digvijay Kundu of the JJP. Rajbir Iqbal, a caretaker in Jai Dada margin is going to be dou- Chautala of the JJP and Sharma, an Independent is Khera Gau Seva Kendra, a ble,” Middha says. Randeep Surjewala of the harping on Khattar’s ‘gar- cowshed for injured cows in He claims that 1,652 youths dan kaat doonga’ comment Ahirka village of Jind Assem- of Jind have got jobs on mer- Congress. This time, the and is trying to mobilise bly segment, says 87 youths of it in the past five years and margin is going to be Brahmins against the BJP. this village got jobs in the past this is the major reason why double... There is a lot of “Eventually, people know five years of the BJP regime. there is a lot of goodwill for goodwill for Manohar Lal that there is a strong BJP “They got jobs purely on Khattar here. Campaign is Khattar because 1,652 government in the Centre merit due to the transparent low key in Jind as candidates youths of Jind got jobs on and the party will come to recruitment policy of Manohar are concentrating on person- power after the October 21 Lal Khattar government. The al contacts rather than big ral- merit. Krishan Middha, BJP CANDIDATE poll. The only question is the BJP won this seat in a bypoll in lies and processions. number of seats. The general January. This time, people’s Not only Jind, the BJP seems sentiment in Safidon is for sentiments with the BJP are to have an edge in Julana and Prime Minister Narendra man with no allegations of Arya, a veteran leader who so strong that the party is like- Safidon. In Uchana Kalan and Modi’s nationalistic poli- corruption. From 1952 to has been a minister,” says a ly to win the seat again,” he Narwana, the ruling party is cies,” Dhull says. 1967, Dhull’s father Dal chemist shop owner. adds, waiting for the arrival of locked in a tough battle with He was elected from Julana Singh remained MLA from Uchana Kalan will witness Krishan Middha, BJP MLA JJP candidates. on the INLD ticket in 2009 as Pepsu and joint Punjab on one of the fiercest poll battles and candidate. At the old bus stand in well as in 2014. After a split in five occasions and once from between former Union Minis- Middha is facing former Julana, BJP candidate Par- Chautala clan, Dhull was Haryana,” says a sweet shop ter Birendra Singh’s wife minister Mange Ram Gupta’s minder Dhull is going from among the first two INLD owner. Dhull is facing Dhar- Prem Lata of the BJP and son Mahavir Gupta of the JJP door to door to seek votes MLAs to switch over. The oth- mender Dhull of the Con- Dushyant Chautala of JJP. In and another former minister from shopkeepers. “I am er one was Zakir Hussain gress and Amarjeet Dhanda Narwana, Santosh Danoda of Brij Mohan Singla’s son banking on people’s love for from Nuh, contesting on the of the JJP. the BJP is pitted against Ram Anshul Singla of Congress. me, Khattar’s clean and BJP ticket now. Bachan Singh Arya, BJP Niwas Balmiki of the JJP and “I won the Jind bypoll by transparent governance and “He is a thorough gentle- candidate at Safidon, is Vidya Rani of the Congress. 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Abdullahs not BDC poll: BJP CBI arrests JKLF former to challenge ‘Resistance man’ who led acts against their detention rebels, expels Srinagar, October 17 protests in Anchar arrested commander Javed Mir The National Conference 20 leaders president Farooq Abdullah Hayat Butt had spearheaded protests against abrogation Tribune News Service allowed he transfer of pro- and his son Omar have taken Dinesh Manhotra 1990 ATTACK ON ceedings and the writ peti- a “principled stand” that they Sumayyah Qureshi PROTESTERS REFUSE him this year. He said 16 FIRs Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Srinagar, October 17 IAF PERSONNEL tions in the cases related to are not going to challenge TO BUDGE were registered against him. Jammu, October 17 The Central Bureau of Unidentified militants had the killing of the four IAF their detention before the Srinagar, October 17 Hayat was affiliated with A week before the Block Investigation (CBI) has fired upon IAF personnel personnel in the Rawalpora courts unless all political The ‘resistance man’, who The Anchar area has been the Muslim League, which is Development Council (BDC) arrested former Jammu living as tenants in area of Srinagar in 1990 and leaders are released. spearheaded the protests inaccessible for the past a constituent of the Syed Ali elections, the BJP leadership and Kashmir Liberation Rawalpora on the outskirts the December 8, 1989, kid- Their stand has also been against the abrogation of Arti- more than two months. All Geelani-led Hurriyat Confer- on Friday expelled over 20 Front (JKLF) commander of Srinagar on January 25, napping of Rubaiya Sayeed, conveyed to the legal team of cle 370 in the Anchar area here roads leading to the area ence. He said he had earlier leaders from the party for Javed Ahmad Mir in the 1990, at the Sanant daughter of the then Home the NC which has been told since August 5, was arrested had been dug up and been arrested under the PSA indulging in “anti-party activ- barricades erected by case involving the killing crossing when they were Minister Mufti Mohammad that both Farooq and Omar from his home by the police in in 2016 and 2018 and was ities”. These leaders are con- locals to stop security of Indian Air Force (IAF) waiting for their office Sayeed, to its Jammu wing. have said they won’t challenge a special operation in the wee released on Eid-ul-Fitr in testing the BDC elections as vehicles. In the forces from moving in. The personnel in a militant Earlier in 2009, the JK their detention in isolation. hours of Wednesday. The area protests would start from June this year. When not lead- rebels against official nomi- attack on the outskirts of indiscriminate firing, in High Court had stayed the “I met Farooq and Omar, came into international media ing and planning protests, nees of the party, especially in which the law enforcement the Jinab Sahab shrine, Srinagar in 1990. trial proceedings in both asking them their stand about limelight and hogged the head- but locals said the Hayat said he bought and the Jammu province. Mir was arrested by a agencies had later on cases before a TADA court challenging their detention. lines after it emerged as the sold Kashmiri handicraft. Although over 50 prominent blamed the militants of the protesters would never sleuth of the CBI during a JKLF, commanded by in Jammu while acting on But both told me that they new epicentre of protests in Sri- move out of the area due In an interview with The Tri- activists and close relatives of raid on his house in the Malik, four IAF personnel a petition by Malik. were not going to challenge nagar city since the lockdown. to fear of police action. bune before his arrest on Sep- senior leaders are contesting wee hours today and flown were killed, besides 40 Mir, along with JKLF their detention. It is their prin- After being arrested in a latest tember 25, Hayat spoke about as rebels, the party has taken out of Kashmir, sources in employees injured. chief Yasin Malik, who is cipled stand that all other FIR registered against him, he mental in organising the the “resistance movement” action against 20 to give a the police said. presently lodged in the leaders should be released had been remanded in police protests in the Anchar area, and the resolution of the message to the remaining lot. “Mir has been arrested police official privy to the Tihar jail in an alleged ter- and they, in isolation, were not custody, said a police officer. giving a tough time to the Kashmir issue, which he said The BJP this afternoon by the CBI in the IAF per- developments said. ror funding case, is one of going to challenge their deten- Hayat Ahmed Butt, 44, a security forces. remained unsolved even after expelled district vice-presi- sonnel case and is likely to Acting on a plea by the the accused in both cases. tion,” senior NC leader NC commerce graduate from the A police officer said Hayat the stripping of the special sta- dent of the Scheduled Caste be produced before a CBI, the J&K High Court Both these cases were and MP Justice (retired) Has- Islamia College for Science had been booked in one of the tus of the state. He said he was Morcha Manohar Lal contest- TADA court in Jammu,” a had, on March 13 this year, investigated by the CBI. nain Massodi said. — TNS and Commerce, was instru- three FIRs registered against ready for any eventuality. ing as rebel on the Bhalwal BDC seat against official party nominee. Prominent among others expelled from the party included Madan Lal, Bodh Raj Get ready for annual exams next Dozen labourers had miraculous escape Singh, Abha Jamwal, Neelam Sharma, Karan Kumar, Majid Jahangir SHOPIAN MILITANT ATTACK “There is no exodus of any Manohar Lal, Jasbir Singh month, schools tell students Tribune News Service sought,” DC Chaudhary said. and Fateh Chand. “Taking Srinagar, October 17 Meanwhile, the J&K Police strong note of the filing of Tribune News Service ed the syllabus yet,” Deeba Muhammad Zamir, a pri- Over a dozen migrant labour- blamed the Hizbul nominations as Independents said. She said they had been vate employee, whose son ers had miraculously sur- Mujahideen and Jaish-e- by party leaders against the Srinagar, October 17 told to prepare students for the studies in International vived the Wednesday evening Mohammad for the killing of official candidates of the BJP After the government in exams after which a new aca- School of Kashmir, a private attack by militants in south fruit trader. for the election to Block Devel- Kashmir announced the demic session would start. school in the city, said the Kashmir’s Shopian which “This is a joint group of opment Councils (BDCs), the schedule for board exams, the Many schools, through school had issued a sched- left a fruit trader from Punjab Hizbul and Jaish which is state BJP has expelled some private schools have also newspaper advertisements, ule for exams of the chil- dead and another critically behind the attack on non- leaders for anti-party activi- asked the students to prepare have called a meeting of par- dren from October 31 and wounded, who is battling for locals in Shopian. One of the ties,” a party handout stated. for exams to be held in ents and share with them the they were asked to attend his life in a Srinagar hospital. trio involved in the killing of The Tribune had reported November before the begin- schedule of exams and the school in casual clothes. Local Kashmiris moved the Punjabi trader is a Pakistani that a “helpless” BJP was ning of new academic session. assessment. Burn Hall School “They have said that they two traders to the hospital and militants, who is known by finding it difficult to take Deeba Mufti, a mother from in Srinagar announced a will hold the exams as per the later accompanied the injured the name of Salman,” a senior action against the party Sanat Nagar whose two sons meeting of parents with the given schedule so we are now one to the Srinagar hospital. police officer said. “The other leaders contesting the BDC study in a private school in the teachers regarding the final preparing our children for Fruit trader Charanjit Singh, two militants behind the elections as rebels against main city of Srinagar, said the assessment of the academic them,” he said. 41, and Sanjay Kumar, 25, both attack are militant command- the official nominees of the school had called a parents’ year of their wards from Octo- While it is possible for the from Punjab, were shot at by er Naveed Babu and Rahil party due to the “patronage” meet and they were informed ber 17 to October 20. students of lower classes to gunmen at Trenz in Shopian A farmer picks apples at an orchard in Baramulla. TRIBUNE PHOTO Margrey — both locals.” of some senior leaders, to prepare the children for the The students have been at prepare for the exams at last evening. While Charanjit The police have pasted including ex-MLAs. annual exams that were sched- home for the last 75 days due home with the help of their Singh succumbed to his who is an eyewitness to the inci- apple boxes in trucks. posters of the militants A day after The Tribune’s uled to be held in November. the current tension in Kash- parents, for higher classes it injuries, Sanjay Kumar is criti- dent, said two militants divided Deputy Commissioner involved in the recent killings story, the BJP leadership “We were told that the exams mir after August 5 when the is difficult. The students have cal at Srinagar’s Shri Mahraja over a dozen migrant labourers Shopian Yasin Chaudhary of non-locals in various parts expelled some of the rebels will be held in November but Article-370 was abrogated in expressed their dismay over Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital. and three traders into two said migrant labourers were of of Shopian asking people to from the primary member- the children have not complet- Jammu and Kashmir. the decision. A 25 year-old local Kashmiri, groups when they were loading course shaken with the attack. share information. ship of the party.

Vehicle thieves’ Red corner notice against HPU students who flunked test gang busted, 5 make it to BEd counselling cars recovered Paonta Sahib firm MD Bhanu P Lohumi Tribune News Service Tribune News Service ‘IT’S IN INTEREST OF STUDENTS’ Shimla, October 17 Solan, October 17 Is currently lodged in Dubai jail in a cheque-bounce case While the new education After the merit list is exhausted, we allow the The vigilance and anti-cor- Ambika Sharma facturing steel, raw materials, policy (NEP) envisages that ❝students, who either failed or did not appear in the ruption bureau has recov- Tribune News Service ferro alloys and steel ingots students are taught by pas- entrance test, to apply for vacant seats in BEd ered five of the 11 vehicles Solan, October 17 and it had become liable to sionate, motivated, highly colleges in the larger interests of the students. bought on loan in the name The International Criminal pay tax from January 2008. qualified, professionally of gullible people but later Arvind Kalia, DEAN OF STUDIES, HPU Police Organisation (Interpol) The Economic Intelligence trained and well-equipped sold by the members of an has issued a red corner notice Unit of the Excise and Taxa- teachers at all levels, inter-state gang. (RCN) against Rakesh Shar- tion Department detected on Himachal Pradesh Univer- per cent marks would be selling, making mockery of The vehicles recovered ma, managing director of February 18, 2014, a huge sity is looking the other way called for counselling and the whole admission include one Swift, two Brez- Paonta Sahib-based Indian mismatch in the returns filed and compromising with the seats in private colleges process za and one Baleno from Technomac Company, follow- by the company and the VAT- merit for admissions to pri- would also be filled through Saturation has been Patiala, Ferozepur and ing a request by the state CID. 26-A declarations. Several vate BEd colleges. centralised counselling. reached in the field and Kalka following the arrest of SP, Cyber Crime, State CID, irregularities had been There are 75 BEd colleges However, after all seats in about 90,000 trained teach- three persons - Amit Kumar Sandeep Dhawal, said Interpol ~2,175.51-CRORE TAX FRAUD detected by a committee and in the state, including three three government colleges ers are awaiting jobs or of Kalka, Pradeep Brar of issued the notice on October 15 ■ The Excise and Taxation Department, on February 18, 2014, the total tax liabilities were government colleges, with were filled on the merit under-employed but the Mohali and Vimal Kalra of as Sharma had fled abroad to detected a huge mismatch in the returns filed by the company Rs 2,175.51 crore. 7,300 seats. basis, the first round of private B.Ed colleges are Patiala - earlier this month, avoid the arrest in this multi- Though a tax notice was These go abegging every counselling for private BEd not being closed. confirmed the bureau's ■ The total tax liabilities of ~2,175.51 crore had been detected crore financial scam. served on the company, the year. Instead of reducing colleges commenced but About 50,000 students Additional Director General Likely places of his location ■ Though a tax notice was served on the company, it instead company instead filed appeals the seats, the government is the seats were not filled. appear for TET every year of Police Anurag Garg. include the UAE (Dubai), filed appeals in the HC as well as SC, which were dismissed in the HC and the SC, which allowing the colleges to The university, in order to and nearly 20,000 qualify The bureau had registered London, Indonesia, Peru and . were dismissed. Appeals were admit students who either fill the seats, allowed even the eligibility test. More a case earlier this month South Africa. He was last statutory auditors, two The first chargesheet was also filed before the HP Tax did not clear the entrance those candidates who did than 6,000 BEd degree hold- against an inter-state gang reported to be in the UAE receiver of sold property, one filed in the case in January, a Tribunal but that too were dis- test or did not appear in the not clear the entrance test ers pass out every year who after identifying gullible and was reportedly lodged assistant excise and taxation supplementary chargesheet in missed. Company officials test at all. for counselling. widening the mismatch people used to coax them to in a Dubai jail in a cheque- commissioner, two excise and May while another supple- closed the manufacturing The university had clearly Going a step further, the between the availability purchase vehicles on bank bounce case. taxation officers, three excise mentary chargesheet is likely operations surreptitiously in mentioned in the prospec- university allowed the stu- and demand of teachers as loans with a promise that As many as 22 persons — and taxation inspectors and to be filed against the remain- March 2014 and before the tus that only those candi- dents who did not appear in only 1,200-1,500 teachers their vehicle would be hired nine company employees three peons — have been ing accused soon, said officials. pending tax could be recov- dates who qualified the the entrance test to get get jobs in government and by a company. With this, they (two company directors), two arrested in the case. The company was manu- ered, they vanished. entrance with minimum 30 them registered for coun- private institutions. assured them not only a fixed monthly rental income, but also ability to repay their bank instalments. Investigation conducted by Poll panel issues notice the officials revealed that CM, Bali join campaigning in D’sala tomorrow one of the gang members contacted one Sube Singh in Sudhir Sharma, who has stayed away, to reach city today for booth-level management to education board chief Solan, a property dealer, with Dharamsala, October 17 a proposal to finance vehi- agement on the day of polling, The District Election Offi- Himachal Pradesh cles and put them on hire. he said. Sudhir had refused to cer-cum-returning officer Singh convinced locals ASSEMBLY contest from Dharamsala for the Dharamsala byelec- Board of School about the profitability of the forcing the party to put in tion has issued a show- Education Chairman scheme and made them buy BYPOLLS greenhorn Vijay Inder Karan cause notice to the Chair- continued to use his cars on bank loans. Once the at the last moment. He had man of the Himachal vehicle was picked up from a Lalit Mohan also stayed away from the Pradesh Board of School official vehicle while showroom, it used to be taken Tribune News Service campaign illustrating that all Education (HPBSE). the code of conduct away to Haryana and Punjab Dharamsala, October 17 Jai Ram Thakur, CM GS Bali, former minister Sudhir Sharma, AICC secy was not well in the party. The notice said while the was in place in Kangra for sale with forged docu- Senior Congress leaders from For the BJP, CM Jai Ram code of conduct was implements. The accused were Kangra district, including GS canvassing. When contacted have issued an appeal to my AICC secretary Sudhir Thakur will address rallies on mented in Kangra district, the booked for cheating in other Bali, will join campaigning on the phone, Bali said he supporters to work for the Sharma, who has been stay- October 19. Young BJP candi- chairman of the HPBSE con- to the notice by this evening. states as well and two of the for Dharamsala bypoll. would reach India tomorrow. party on the social media,” he ing away from the campaign, date Vishal Nehria has failed tinued to use his official vehi- The board officials have also three accused had installed Bali is not keeping up good He said, “I could not cam- said. said he would reach Dharam- to elicit the whole-hearted cle. The complaint was filed been directed to submit the CCTV cameras outside their health and undergoing treat- paign for the party due to Bali has a vote bank in sala tomorrow. Though he support from the senior lead- before the Chief Electoral log book of the vehicle of the house to evade arrest. "Inves- ment in the UK. He will cam- health reasons, but will gal- Dharamsala and his joining could not campaign due to ership. In such a scenario, his Officer on his visit to Dharam- Chairman before the return- tigation is on and the rest of paign for Vijay Inder Karan vanise my supporters on the the campaign may boost the health reasons, he would be prospects will be heavily sala on October 16. Board offi- ing officer for verification of the accused are likely to be on October 19, the last day of last day of campaigning. I prospects of the Congress. there for the booth-level man- depending on the CM. cials were asked to file a reply records. — TNS arrested soon," Garg added. THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 NATION 07 Nitish to lead NDA in Bihar poll: Shah Earlier govts had JD(U), Paswan’s LJP heave sigh of relief as BJP national chief dismisses reports of rift no guts to scrap NewDelhi/Patna, October 17 continue to lead the coalition,” hit back at their BJP critics. Jammu and Kashmir further Ending speculations about his Shah told a TV channel. He “Anban (bickering) is a sign fuelled speculations about Article 370: Modi party’s widening rift with the was asked if the BJP is consid- of a healthy coalition. But fault lines in the alliance. JD(U), BJP chief Amit Shah ering fighting the state elec- ‘matbhed’ (difference of opin- JD(U) national general secre- Mumbai, October 17 said on Thursday the alliance tion, slated to be held by the ion) does not necessarily mean tary and state minister Shyam The entire world can see the was “firm” and will contest end of next year, on its own. there is ‘manbhed’ (disagree- Rajak came out with a flurry of new-found confidence of the next Bihar assembly elec- Kumar, who is also the ments of heart),” Shah said. tweets thanking Shah. “I wish New India, Prime Minister tions under the leadership of JD(U) president, has been at Shah’s unambiguous to thank the top leadership of Narendra Modi said on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the receiving end of criticism endorsement of Kumar’s BJP @AmitShah1 @naren- Thursday. Addressing BJP’s remarks hailed by the coali- from some BJP leaders, leadership of the alliance in dramodi for having dispelled campaign rallies for the Octo- tion partner. including Union Minister Bihar is likely to end the bick- many doubts… It is a slap on ber 21 Maharashtra Assembly Shah was also dismissive of Giriraj Singh, over a host of ering among their leaders. the face of the Opposition elections at Pune, Satara and the “anban” (bickering) issues, the latest being the Home Minister Amit Shah at Banaras Hindu University. PTI After Kumar decided to which was enjoying (the Parli, Modi said despite a lot of between the two alliance con- unprecedented “man made” keep his party out of the recent bickering),” he said. talk in the last 70 years, it was ‘NOT AFRAID OF CHANGES’ stituents, saying it was a sign waterlogging in parts of Pat- ‘NEED TO REWRITE HISTORY FROM INDIA’S VIEW’ Modi government, apparent- Union minister Ram Vilas only his government which of a “healthy” coalition. na. A section of saffron party ■ Stressing the need to rewrite history from India’s point of ly to protest the offer of only Paswan, whose LJP is a jun- dared abrogate Article 370. The decision (to “The coalition is atal (firm). leaders, including former view, Home Minister Amit Shah credited Veer Savarkar for one ministerial berth to his ior partner in the Bihar NDA, “The entire world can see the ❝abrogate Article 370) The NDA will contest Assem- Union Minister Sanjay calling the 1857 rebellion as first independence struggle party, unease in the alliance seemed to have heaved a new-found confidence of New wasn’t an easy one to bly polls under the leadership Paswan had even pitched for ■ Amid a row over the BJP suggesting that the Hindutva has been palpable. The sigh of relief as he remarked: India. Everyone can feel the make. Whenever we bring of Nitish Kumar in Bihar. Kumar making way for a BJP icon be given the Bharat Ratna, Shah said had it not been JD(U)’s opposition to legisla- “We always said there is no change. They are discussing a change to the ongoing Nationally, it is Prime Minis- leader at the helm in the for him, the rebellion of 1857 would have become history tions on triple talaq and confusion over leadership in HowdyModi (event in the ter Narendra Modi, who will state. JD(U) leaders also scrapping of special status to the NDA.” — PTI US),” Modi said at the Pune situation, protests are rally. “Haven’t you felt the expected. But the India of effect of the New India in the 21st century isn’t afraid last 100 days of our second of changes. Narendra Modi, PM Rupani: Centre term? Do you see its power? Do you see its decision-mak- five times,” he said. Be it the PMC ex-director ED gets PC’s remand till Oct 24 planning NRC ing abilities and clarity in government, businessmen or NewDelhi, October 17 ideas?” Modi asked the crowd. the youth, everyone needs to A Delhi court on Thursday sent across nation “Since the last 70 years, the stay ready for the new economy in police custody former Finance Minister P Chi- Ahmedabad, October 17 entire country was facing the of New India, he said. Mumbai, October 17 dambaram for custodial inter- Gujarat Chief Minister hurdle of Article 370. There At the rally in Satara, Modi A Mumbai court today rogation by the ED till October Vijay Rupani claimed on was a lot of talk to remove it, asserted that his government remanded Punjab and Maha- 24 in the INX media money Thursday that the Union but no one dared to do it. Was adheres to Chhatrapati Shivaji rashtra Cooperative (PMC) laundering case “to facilitate government is planning to this the first government in Maharaj’s principles of nation- Bank’s former director Surjit proper investigation in the case implement the National India with a full majority? alism and national security, Singh Arora in the police cus- to reach a logical end”. Register of Citizens (NRC) No, it is not,” he said. and possess the strength to tody till October 22 in connec- Special judge Ajay Kumar across the country to expel The government has recent- give a befitting reply to those tion with the multi-crore Kuhar allowed the Enforce- illegal immigrants. ly taken a lot of measures to who have “evil designs” on scam at the bank. ment Directorate to quiz Chi- Addressing a rally in Patan bolster the economy, Modi India. Modi said that as Shivaji Police’s Economic Offences dambaram for seven days. district, Rupani also accused said. “We have taken steps to Maharaj did, his government Wing (EOW), which is probing The court permitted the the Opposition Congress of promote manufacturing, too has worked to strengthen the scam, told the court that ‘REGULATOR, AUDITOR request of Chidambaram turning a blind eye to illegal start-ups, and have given sops the defence forces. Arora “abused his official posi- BE HELD RESPONSIBLE’ that he be allowed a separate Ex-Union Minister P Chidambaram at ED office in Delhi. TRIBUNE PHOTO immigrants. “For votebank in corporate tax,” he said. “In the last five years, our tion to facilitate the fraud”. As far as PMC Bank cell, home-cooked food, politics, Congress allowed “Our government will take government has brought our The court also remanded ❝ western toilet, medicines, Tihar. In its order, the court not- rogation will be required so such illegal immigrants every step needed for the armed forces on a par with bank’s former managing or any other bank is spectacles and visit by his ed that the case was being con- that it proves fruitful. Courts to settle permanently in bright future of the Indian the armed forces of other director Joy Thomas in judicial concerned, it is the job of family members and lawyers ducted consistently and some give due regard to the discre- India. Congress created a youth and investment,” he countries. Be it Army, Navy custody, after his police the regulators first to look half and hour daily, after the witnesses had been examined tion of IO about the manner situation where citizens suf- said. India today is one of the or Air Force, modern remand ended today. Arora into those issues. It is the ED did not oppose it. since September 6 and fresh in which he will conduct the fered because of these illegal top-FDI friendly countries in weapons are a part of our was arrested by the EOW yes- auditor, who should be The court also directed the material brought on record. investigation,” it said. settlers,” he said. the world, Modi said. armed forces today,” he said. terday after being summoned ED to get him medically exam- “Interrogation is the pre- The court also extended the “The BJP-led government is “Every business leader I have “We have taken decisions by the investigating agency for held responsible… if ined every 48 hours and to pro- rogative of the investigating judicial custody of Chi- planning to implement NRC had a discussion with globally is for national integration questioning in connection anyone is involved in duce him on October 24. Chi- officer. It is for him to decide dambaram till October 24 in across the country to compel keen to come to India. The which earlier governments with the alleged Rs 4,355 crore fraud, the ED has taken dambaram was interrogated when a person is to be arrest- the INX Media corruption case these immigrants to leave the growth in investment in India had no guts to take,” he scam at the PMC Bank. — PTI action. Anurag Thakur, MOS FINANCE and arrested on Wednesday in ed and when custodial inter- lodged by the CBI. — PTI country” said Rupani. — PTI in the last five years has been said. — PTI

Rowlatt’s grandson felt ashamed UP Govt cancels ‘Chance of field staff leave Ayodhya: BJP cautions leaders settlement’ Lucknow, October 17 from page 1 at Jallianwala Bagh: JNU Prof The Uttar Pradesh Govern- Says avoid statements that may put party in a spot “It’s in the interest of unity ment has cancelled leave of VibhaSharma ple through the legislative and integrity of India,” he Shubhadeep Choudhury Amritsar from Lahore the field staff till November 30. Tribune News Service process, including an ordi- said. A Constitution Bench Tribune News Service very next day and filled up a The move seems to be in view NewDelhi, October 17 nance, the BJP leadership headed by Chief Justice of Kolkata, October 17 bottle with soil soaked with of upcoming Ayodhya judg- Speaking in Maharashtra last always spoke of a solution India – which reserved its Justin Rowlatt, grandson of blood from the site of the ment expected around mid- month, Prime Minister through courts. This was reit- verdict on 14 cross-appeals Sidney Rowlatt (architect of massacre. “The bottle can November, arguments for Narendra Modi had slammed erated on several occasions against the Allahabad High the notorious Rowlatt Act still be seen in the museum which closed yesterday. “loudmouths” making by top BJP leaders, including Court’s September 30, 2010 which attracted innumerable set up at Bhagat Singh’s A government release said “meaningless” statements PM Modi and party chief judgment equally dividing protest demonstrations in native village in memory of the government had decided over the Ram temple, asking Amit Shah. “For any govern- the 2.77 acre disputed land Punjab, including the gather- the martyred revolutionary in view of the forthcoming them to exercise caution and ment, communal harmony between Ram Lalla, Nirmohi ing at Jallianwala Bagh that leader”, Chaman Lal said. festival season, leave of allow the Supreme Court to and law and order is the top Akhara and Muslims – con- was fired upon by troops led The name of The Tribune police and all officers would take a call on the issue. priority,” the leaders say. ducted in-chamber proceed- by Col Reginald Dyer), felt and its fiery editor Kalinath not be accepted except in His observations may have “We have no idea what the Around September, PM Modi ings on Thursday to consider terribly ashamed when he India as a journalist of BBC. Ray were repeatedly men- exceptional cases. — TNS then been aimed at ally Shiv final verdict (of Supreme while in Maharashtra for con- the settlement proposal. visited the site of the Jalli- He later wrote a book in which tioned by Chaman Lal dur- Sena and its chief Uddhav Court) is. We also do not know clusion of Chief Minister The Bench is understood to awala Bagh massacre. he mentioned how he was ing the lecture. Thackaray, but as the dispute what the report of the media- Devendra Fadnavis’ ‘Maha have discussed the matter but This was revealed by JNU overcome with shame when “Kalinath Ray was booked over the Ayodhya land title tion committee says. There- Janadesh Yatra’, was quoted as details of what transpired could professor Chaman Lal while the caretaker SK Mukherjee by the colonial administra- Two ROs shifted enters the final lap, sources say fore, it is best to keep calm saying: “We should have faith not be known.The UP Sunni giving a speech on the Jallian- took him around the Jallian- tion and sent to prison for from page 1 the BJP has asked party lead- and avoid making controver- in the Supreme Court, have Wakf Board is said to have wala Bagh massacre at a func- wala Bagh site, showing no four years for the coverage The SDM, Barara, Bharat ers to not make statements sial statements,” explains a faith in the Constitution given agreed to give up its claim on tion held at Kolkata’s Netaji rancour whatsoever for the given by The Tribune of the Bhushan Kaushik, who is the that may create “difficult situa- party leader. The SC- by Ambedkar, in the judiciary, the disputed site if Muslims’ Indoor Stadium here today. macabre incident the origin of massacre”, Chaman Lal said. RO for the Mullana seat, and tion” for the party, the govern- appointed mediation panel to to all these loudmouths who interests are protected. Board The function, organised by which could be traced to the “How I wish that people the SDM, Meham, Abhishek ment or local administrations. resolve the Ram Janmabhoo- keep giving statements, I fold chairman Zafar Ahmad the CPM to celebrate the cen- draconian Act passed on the like Kalinath Ray was alive Meena, RO for the Meham “Exercise restraint”, mi-Babri Masjid land dispute my hands and for God’s sake Farooqui is understood to have tenary of the foundation of the recommendations of his today,” Chaman Lal added. seat, have been told of EC’s appears to be the bottom line in Ayodhya is believed to and for Lord Ram’s sake keep demanded that 22 dilapidated Communist Party of India, grandfather Sidney Rowlatt. Chaman Lal also men- decision and moved out. The in this. The News Broadcast- have filed a report in a sealed the faith in the country’s judi- mosques be reconstructed by was attended by party general The JNU professor also tioned how Tagore was CEO, Haryana, said the offi- ing Standards Authority is cover, calling a “settlement” cial process.” He did not name the government, sources said. secretary Sitaram Yechury, mentioned how emotions of moved by the Jallianwala cers would be replaced imme- believed to have also advised between Hindu and Muslim anyone but the remarks It has also demanded that senior leaders of the party’s Bhagat Singh, all of 12 years Bagh massacre and wrote a diately. The EC had made it caution while reporting on parties, according to reports. appeared to have been aimed Muslims be allowed to offer West Bengal unit and thou- then (1919), ran high when he bristling letter to the Viceroy clear that no officer/ official the dispute and clearly the Even while Sangh affiliates at the Sena whose chief namaz in mosques under the sands of supporters and heard about the incident. Lord Chemsford returning would be spared if found ruling BJP also wants its like the VHP have been con- Uddhav Thackeray was lead- control of the Archaeological cadres. Justin was posted in Bhagat Singh rushed to knighthood offered to him. wanting in discharge of duty. cadre to follow the same. stantly clamouring for a tem- ing on the issue. Survey of India.

36 farm machinery Every 3rd urban Indian... Army rejig ‘on hold’ Dalit votes may be clincher banks go ‘untraced’ from page 1 nor Raghuram Rajan for the from page 1 Master General Ordnance from page 1 the third front making it. The BJP has MPs from from page 1 are forced to take up low-pay- NPAs of banks. “When I was headquarters, were to be (MGO), currently under the will vote for him/her. Like- The BSP this time is both SC-A and SC-B cate- of the machinery, the report ing jobs,” Singh said. in office, what happened did sent to field formations. At Vice-Chief, and the DG wise, Dhanaks and unlikely to garner much gories — Sunita Duggal points out that while the aver- Asked what needed to be happen. But always passing present, there are an esti- (Weapons and Equipment) Balmikis will go with the support. Of the 90 Assem- from Sirsa and Rattan Lal age area covered by one Hap- done to fix the economy, he buck is not enough,” he said. mated 950 to 1,000 officers under a single vertical with party that has fielded a can- bly segments, the party Kataria from Ambala. It is py Seeder in a season is 68 said it would take him a lot of The ex-PM went on to say posted at the headquarters the Deputy Chief, didate from their commu- seems to be in the reckon- uncertain whether the dom- acres, the total area under time to explain things. He, that Mumbai and Maharash- in Delhi. Among the pend- Planning and Strategy, that nity.” But the voting trend ing in Jagadhri alone, that inant Chamars will go with paddy in these three districts however, suggested the gov- tra were facing the brunt of ing parts of the GSL are was to be renamed Capabili- in the general category too because of the candi- the Congress or the BJP. is over 9,500 acres. The aver- ernment should first diagnose the economic slowdown with instructions on merger of ty Development. seats is different. As the date’s own goodwill. Any consolidation of Dalit age use of other machines, what ailed the economy and the maximum number of fac- directorates. Also expected is the cre- Chamar community has a Sources say the Chamar vote is bound to impact the such as mulcher, too was poor. then attempt to fix things. tory shutdowns being report- This was to include merg- ation of a consolidated lion’s share in government votes can go to the Congress turnout in several con- Also, office-bearers of these “This government has been in ed in the state in the last five er of two weapons and sys- information warfare wing jobs, Dalits in the SC-A cat- as the community has stituencies. “It’s more banks were not trained in office for over five years. They years. “In the past, Maha- tems procurement agencies that will subsume two exist- egory are generally reluc- always been skeptical of tricky than you think. Asha operating these machines. should have learnt from our rashtra was number one in and creation of post of ing wings under the DGMI tant to vote for them. Tradi- BJP’s Hindu nationalism Khedar is BJP candidate No custom hiring centre has mistakes and provided credi- attracting investments, but Deputy Chief for coordina- and the DGMO. The tionally Congress voters, agenda. Also, it has been from Uklana. A Chamar, maintained a record on hir- ble solutions... they can’t keep now it is number one in tion with the military Intel- DG (Military Training) are they have gradually drifted resentful of BJP’s bid to she married a Jat. Conse- ing, repairs and mainte- claiming the fault lies with the farmer suicides,” he said. ligence, operations and to be merged with the towards the BSP. provide sub-quota to those quently, her family was nance. KS Pannu, Secretary, UPA... this may score some Singh, who met a delega- logistics wings. Shimla-based Army Train- The BSP vote share has in SC-A category. The latter, ostracised by the Jats. Agriculture, Punjab, claimed debating points, but won’t tion of depositors from the At present, the DG (Mili- ing Command. been fluctuating in different on the other hand, usually Today, her own (Chamar) there were some discrepan- offer any solution,” he said. troubled Punjab and Maha- tary Operations) and the DG The restructuring was elections — 1.62 per cent in vote against the Congress. community is opposing cies in the list with the Cen- Singh refuted Finance Min- rashtra Cooperative Bank, (Military Intelligence) ordered in June 2018 year 1989, 7.7 per cent in 1998 and They could vote for the BJP her while members of the tral team. “We later provided ister Nirmala Sitharaman’s said the government must report to the Army Chief or following a “convening 15.7 per cent in 2009 when this time in case of polarisa- Jats are backing her to the them the correct list in criticism of the UPA govern- provide relief to the 16 lakh Vice-Chief. Also, the restruc- order” for cadre restructur- Mayawati was anticipated to tion, as witnessed in the hilt,” explains activist Bathinda district and ment and former RBI Gover- depositors. turing was to merge the ing by the Army Vice-Chief. be named PM in the event of recent Lok Sabha polls. Gorakhpuria. addressed other issues too.” THE TRIBUNE 08 OPINION CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 Untold saga of Stuxnet THETRIBUNE The virus, aimed at disrupting Iran’s N-programme, opened world to cyber warfare established in 1881 After Stuxnet was made public, Iran reportedly arrested and executed several workers at Natanz. It is not known if the Dutch mole was one of them. Patricide! There is also a geopolitical dimen- sion to the story, involving the rogue Bharat Ratna for Savarkar unacceptable activities of AQ Khan, the Pakistani national hero. Khan stole the blue- NIRAJ SRIVASTAVA HERE could not be a worse crime than patricide in any civilised prints of the centrifuges in the 1970s society. The BJP is proposing to do just that by promising, in its FORMER AMBASSADOR while working at URENCO, a compa- TMaharashtra election manifesto, to confer the ultimate nation- ny in Holland. Later, with the al honour of Bharat Ratna on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, accused No. TUXNET is well known, at approval of the Pakistani establish- 7 in the Gandhi murder case. Savarkar’s apology to the British and his least in the strategic commu- ment, he sold them to Iran and Libya. subsequent release from Kalapani’s Cellular Jail — when brave free- nity, as the computer virus The Natanz centrifuges were based dom fighters remained steadfast in their resolve to rot and die there that caused damage to Iran’s on the stolen blueprints. His activi- — is a matter of less importance. An apologist can be feted, but not nuclearS programme. Its existence ties came to light in 2004, when the someone who was accused of conspiring to kill the Father of the was announced to the world in 2010 US presented a dossier on him to Nation. While convicting all others, it is a fact that trial judge Atma by software engineers, when they General Musharraf, the then military Charan had acquitted Savarkar on the technical ground that there was found that it had spread to hundreds INTRIGUE: The operation, primarily a US-Israel enterprise, targeted the nuclear plant dictator of Pakistan. Though no corroborative evidence to prove the approver Digambar Badge’s of thousands of computers using the at Natanz, forcing Iran to set up one of the largest cyber warfare units in the world. Musharraf claimed Khan was acting Microsoft Windows operating system on his own, very few believed him. statement. Later, GD Khosla, writing the judgment for the full Bench all over the world, including India. The launch of Stuxnet by the CIA of the Shimla High Court, found enough evidence to corroborate While Stuxnet’s structure, and how it Stuxnet shows the recklessness of countries involved in and its partners had several unin- Badge’s testimony. But it was too late because the Nehru government damaged the nuclear programe, are tended consequences. First, it gal- had not appealed against Savarkar’s acquittal. by now known, what was not known the operation. But they might have done a favour to the vanised Iran into setting up one of The celebration of an accused in the Mahatma’s murder doesn’t till a few weeks ago was exactly how it world by alerting it to the perils of cyber warfare. the largest cyber warfare units in the belong to the ethos of Ram Rajya, but to that of Aurangzeb’s court. was introduced into the software run- world. Second, the US established a The Mughal emperor held his father a prisoner and killed his broth- ning Iran’s nuclear plant at Natanz. Cyber Command for offensive and ers to grab the empire — all for Islamic piety. For a party that came That story was published by Yahoo Sometime in 2004, the CIA and more potent. They produced a modi- defensive operations. Third, it alert- to power in the name of Ram, there ought to have been a greater News on September 2, and was quick- Mossad (US and Israeli intelligence fied version which was injected into the ed all countries to the dangers of a understanding of what the prince of Ayodhya stood for: fulfilling the ly picked up by many news outlets, agencies) requested their Dutch coun- computers in early 2010, with authori- cyber attack. Some of them, includ- wishes of a father, who was clearly committing a grievous mistake. and retold, all over the world. Indian terpart AVID to locate an Iranian who sation by President Obama, who was ing India, took steps to set up their Does Lord Ram need another temple in Ayodhya? Well, demoli- media seems to have missed it. could be groomed for the job. AVID assured that it would not affect comput- own cyber defence/warfare units. tion of a mosque and the building of a temple on that very site — The story provides insights into the was able to find one from the expatri- ers outside Iran. This time, they did not Fourth, it highlighted the need for a through mediation or court orders — again remind one of Mughal operations of the intelligence agen- ate Iranian community in Holland. He need a mole; they could do their work multilateral agreement to regulate cies of the five countries which collab- was an engineer and had previously online. This version of Stuxnet was the use of cyber weapons. That has atrocities and not Hindu generosity. No temple is ever built on a orated to produce the virus and infect been a contractor at Natanz. He was indeed more potent: it blew up around not happened so far; cyber space is graveyard. The Babri Masjid site is the graveyard of the Gandhian the software running the centrifuges offered a substantial amount of mon- 1,000 of Natanz’s 5,000 centrifuges. The still a free-for-all. Finally, it demon- Republic. The new temple that will soon come up there does little at Natanz. Centrifuges are machines ey and resettlement in the West. Iranians were shocked. strated that isolating a computer net- for Hinduism because Lord Ram, the maryada purushottam, would used to ‘enrich’ uranium, which can The Iranian ‘mole’ returned home Around the same time, three Iran- work from the Internet is no guaran- not have wished ill for any of his subjects, whatever be their faith. then be used for various purposes. in 2006 and set up a front company pro- ian nuclear scientists were assassinat- tee that it could not be infected by The operation was primarily a US- viding maintenance services for com- ed in separate incidents in Tehran. It malware. A mole can do the job. Israel enterprise, which also involved puters. The company was able to was widely believed that Mossad was The saga of Stuxnet shows the reck- the Netherlands, Germany and obtain a contract for maintenance responsible for the killings. lessness of the countries involved in France. The operation’s codename work at Natanz, enabling the mole to But the Iranians were not the only the operation. But they might have Justice for Sister Lucy was ‘Olympic Games’, after the five- gain access to the facility in 2007. He ones to be shocked. This version of unwittingly done a favour to the ring symbol of the Olympics. paid several visits to the plant during Stuxnet spread all over the world, world by alerting it to the dangers of Vatican has another opportunity to correct its blunder The Natanz plant was ‘air-gapped’, which he gathered information about including the US and India, though cyber warfare. For a country like meaning it was not connected to the the centrifuges, which was used to fine- it did not cause much damage. It India, Stuxnet was a wake-up call. VEN as the Kerala nun Sister Lucy Kalappura’s long fight for Internet. Its centrifuges were run by a tune the virus in the US. Its use was was then isolated and analysed by There is something else India needs justice underscores the need for the ecclesiastical orders to software produced by German com- authorised by President Bush in 2007. computer experts. In June 2010, to note. Pakistan gave the centrifuge Elook inward in the context of changing times of gender justice, pany Siemens. To infect the software, In 2007, the mole took Stuxnet in a they announced its existence to the blueprints to Iran even though it is the setbacks she has been suffering speak of how difficult it is to pry someone had to physically insert a USB flash drive and inserted it into the world. It was the first cyber weapon Shia, while Pakistan is Sunni. It open the hardened patriarchal walls of convents and churches. USB flash drive containing the virus computers. That was his last visit to the of mass destruction. One former means that Pakistan would not mind Those in the fold have over the years been forced to bear atrocities into the computers at Natanz. That facility. The ‘air-gap’ had been closed. head of the CIA compared it to the Iran acquiring nuclear capability. in silence. But the spunky Sister Lucy resisted pressure and chose was not an easy task, given that the In the meantime, the designers of atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima That suggests their ties are close, to join the protest in support of a fellow woman in habit, who had last facility was heavily guarded. Stuxnet had been working to make it and Nagasaki in 1945. despite occasional incidents. September dragged the Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese, Franco Mulakkal, to court with a charge of multiple rape. In a brazen tilt reeking of male dominance, while the accused Bishop after getting conditional bail from court has enjoyed a hero’s welcome home, the victim nun and her supporters are suffering isolation and punish- ment transfers from their peers and senior clergy. Common sense won the day Sister Lucy’s evangelical journey stands out as a bold embodi- KK Paul cers. This naturally gives them a lot quent investigations took our team to suspect, in case he came that way. ment of her beliefs. In the above case, she ‘lent a helping hand to of practical experience which gets Moradabad, where the suspect had Simultaneously, one of our head hapless sisters’ as she believed it was her duty to do so and was vocal HAT there is little connect sufficiently sharpened by some taken shelter in a thickly populated constables who had a bright idea and about it. A few years ago, she had raised hackles when she pledged between innate common common sense and a highly devel- area. Unobtrusive efforts were made had got it cleared placed our official, to donate her body to medical science for the service of humanity. Tsense and educational qualifi- oped presence of mind. by this team but the exact location of but unmarked Tata Sumo near the Similarly, asserting her individual rights, she went ahead with buy- cations is a well-known historical A situation comes to my mind read- the house and the suspect remained taxi stand outside the bus stand. ing a car on loan and publishing her poems on nature despite threats fact. Some of the most successful ily. It was a rather tricky affair but was elusive. This was one case where our This vehicle had the remainder of of disciplinary action and social abuse. historical figures and famous per- handled with great confidence and team did not think it prudent to take the team inside, with their luggage Disapproving of her lifestyle as gravely violating its rules, her con- sons had no degrees to boast of while aplomb by just a head constable. No the local police into confidence. After tied on top. Early in the morning, as gregation expelled her in August. It said the nun was issued proper some had not even learnt the basics amount of knowledge of police work about a week, investigations at Delhi people were making a beeline for the of alphabet. Today, in our day-to-day or law might have helped, rather yielded results and the message was buses, he started shouting canonical warnings, but did not show the required remorse. Not one to life we often come across such world- these may have taken the situation immediately relayed to our team at ‘Dilli...Dilli...Dilli....’ Our suspect give up easily, the courageous Sister Lucy knocked at the Vatican door ly-wise characters who may not have out of our hands completely. Moradabad that the suspect had been was identified as he was approaching for justice. Now, the Vatican too has dismissed her plea challenging the gone beyond middle school. For quite some time, we had been asked to come to Delhi immediately the taxi stand, instead, he was tempt- expulsion. The sister has one more chance to file an appeal. The Church, Policing is an area of administra- on the lookout for a wanted terrorist and collect apples. Since making an ed to board our Tata Sumo. The poor facing dwindling devotees, would do well to look into reformatory steps tion which remains in maximum but were unable to get a worthwhile arrest at Moradabad was considered chap only realised after reaching our in keeping with the times. Preventing a progressive nun from being contact with the public. Some of the clue. After much effort, a Delhi-based tactically not feasible, our party split well-concealed office at Chanakya- expelled from her order could help keep the faithful flock. Amen! junior-ranking officers, who may not phone number could be obtained, into two, and a few of our men posi- puri that he had all along been trav- be well educated, remain in touch which opened the door for us to pro- tioned themselves at the Delhi bus elling with Delhi Police personnel in with the public more than their offi- ceed in the right direction. Subse- stand, to board the same bus as the their official vehicle.

thought for the day letters to the editor Cyber warfare is as much about psychological strategy ❞ Freeing wrong people brotherhood. Yet, the commemora- national importance could influence The soil of hill areas is soft, and due ❝ The news report that the Punjab tion event of the apostle of unity is the voters. But for the ensuing elec- to this, there are heavy landslides as technical prowess. — James Scott Government has decided to release being celebrated in the most divisive tions in Haryana and Maharashtra, during monsoon. This is the busiest more than a dozen cops convicted on way by indulging in political wran- abrogation of Article 370 is out of place, road for the Pathankot route and account of carrying out fake encoun- gling and one-upmanship. It would considering there are local issues like affects local business and essential on this day...100 years ago ters is highly deplorable and be commendable if both sides rise unemployment, farmers’ suicide, commodities for the people of Cham- amounts to insulting and lowering above their natural self and come price rise, social intolerance and rising ba. The government should cut some the prestige of the law of the land together on a common platform, as a crime. The opposition parties still get portion of nearby hills to broaden (‘Pardon to convicted cops stirs token of respect to the Guru. entangled into the web of BJP’s roads. The roads, especially in row’; October 17). It is nothing short JASHANDEEP SANDHU, PATIALA nationalistic approach and are unable Himachal Pradesh, should be proper- of defiance of the court and exhibi- to exploit loopholes in real governance ly built to avoid mishaps. lahore,saturday,october 18,1919 tion of double-facedness. The con- One Vidhan, one nishan as far as local issues are concerned. SUBER SINGH PARIHAR, JALARI victs have already been favoured by Refer to the editorial ‘Article 370 & COL KULDIP S GREWAL (RETD), PATIALA The Indian Medical Service. paying their salaries to their Haryana’ (October 17); even Assem- Motormouth minister THE evidence given by Colonel R.H. Elliott, I.M.S., before the Joint Committee dependents who have no complicity bly elections are no more fought on Legal aid to detainees Courting controversies is not new to of Parliament, is typical of the attitude of a considerable proportion of European in the heinous crime committed by local issues only. Abrogation of Arti- Refer to ‘Provide free legal aid to PSA the minister. This maverick minister officials in India towards the question of reform. “The decision to make the the bread-earners. But this type of cle 370 is bound to have an impact detainees, HC tells state govt’ (Octo- has hogged headlines in the past as Indian Medical Service a transferred subject,” the witness began by saying, charity should be doled out to those on Haryana and Maharashtra elec- ber 17); no matter how J&K leaders well for the wrong reasons (‘Plaint “would be extremely unpopular and would lead to many retirements, especially dependents, too, who live in miser- tions. With the Article gone, there have reacted toward the scrapping of filed against Ashu for hurting reli- of senior officers and make recruiting very difficult.” We do not complain of this able conditions. would be ‘one Vidhan, one nishan’ Article 370, they have the formal duty gious sentiments’; October 17). Sev- statement, except to point out that the only unpopularity of which the witness CHAMAN ARORA, FEROZEPUR CITY in the whole of India — from Kash- and right to represent their state. The eral videos have gone viral, trolling was probably thinking was unpopularity with the representatives of vested mir to Kanayakumari. Like 370, let voices which were being suppressed the ‘haughty’ minister for ‘threaten- interests—which, after all, is inseparable from any large measure of reform— Against Guru’s teachings us take another bold step and with- till now will rise. Slowly, and with the ing’ public servants and others who and that far too much is being made of the trump card of threatened retirements With the onset of the month of Kat- draw the Kashmir issue from the citizens’ approval, J&K will move have the temerity of speaking up by some of the witnesses before the Committee. But when the witness goes on tak, the 550th birth anniversary of UN and ask it to recall its observers toward a new union territory and against his uncouth demeanour. to say that “the objection to transference is not racial” and that “there are many Guru Nanak will be commemorated from Kashmir. The UN has done lit- development. Some other issues were his alleged Indians under whom Europeans would be glad to serve,” it is difficult to avoid by the Punjab Government and the tle to resolve the problem. SONALI CHOUDHARY, JAMMU role in the multi-crore Ludhiana the remark that the witness might have been more candid. SGPC by hosting different congrega- WG CDR CL SEHGAL (RETD), JALANDHAR Grand Manor Homes scam and tions in the historic town of Sultanpur Make safer roads ‘threatening’ investigative agencies Extravagant Expenditure in England. Lodhi. Guru Nanak gave the message Local issues matter more Reference to the editorial ‘Road to delay the process of justice deliv- NOTHING done by the Lloyd George Ministry in England has come in for of a casteless, classless and an egali- Apropos the editorial ‘Article 370 & building an uphill task’ (October 17); ery, browbeating another top-ranking more criticism than the huge increase in expenditure in the ministerial tarian society. He tried to bridge the Haryana’ (October 17); the Opposition I was in Chamba in 2005, and even police officer in another case. Various establishments. We are told that as one Ministry diminishes, another difference between humans based on has failed to match BJP’s strategy of now, there is hardly any upgrade of political outfits have staged dharna expands. An important case is said to be that of the Pensions Ministry. A new religion, race, birth, caste and gender. selling the hard talk against Pakistan, highway roads. The roads are narrow for his ouster, but the ‘boss’ is in no creation with a staff of over 18,000 persons, and an administration that is the He undertook udasis (travels) to meet surgical strikes and Balakot attack. and zigzag. The route from Chamba hurry to take action. subject of constant complaint. The Westminster Gazette enquired of the people and spread the message of Fair enough, these events being of to Bharmour needs extra attention. RAMESH K DHIMAN, CHANDIGARH largest insurance company in England what staff it employed and found that it employed only 5,000 men and women to deal with 22,000,000 clients. Letters to the Editor, typed in double space, should not exceed the 200-word limit. These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to: [email protected] THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 OPED 09 Allow subalterns to speak for social justice

ceiling on ownership of land, and devo- questions on the pace at which growth political dividends. lution of special rights to those who live with social justice and equity is being Further, representation of women in in forests and other inaccessible areas. achieved or targeted. The recent reli- the Lok Sabha is 14.3 per cent. Repeat- These special provisions, coupled with gious division in political endeavours ed efforts of the government to enact the more emphatic Constitutional arti- on growth in the country has, in fact, the National Women Reservation Bill cles on Fundamental Rights, including started undermining the equity in 2008 to provide for 33 per cent reserva- the right to equality, speech, property growth achieved so far. tion of seats for women in the Parlia- and education, lay the sound framework True, the task is too big and complex. ment and state legislative assemblies SURESH KUMAR and foundation for social justice. The However, conceding more space and have failed, largely because of the gen- CHIEF PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO PUNJAB CM Directive Principles of State Policy elu- allowing more say to the social subal- der bias of regional political parties. cidate the basic requirements of the terns in decision making can hasten its Upper caste people apprehend that the OCIAL subalterns in India are a public policies that are required to pro- achievement. The constitutional safe- rise of socially deprived classes will heterogeneous group of people tect the interests of vulnerable people. guards, such as caste-based reservations cause unrest in society, whereas there who have been marginalised for However, India as a nation state has and other special provisions have should be more peace and amity, if the a long time. These include the still not achieved a fair and just society, achieved a part of the purpose, but these society is more egalitarian and less strat- SDalits, the tribals, the deprived and dis- in which traditional systems of varnas have also caused further sub-stratifica- ified. They inflict epistemic injuries to tressed women, and the rural and are largely, if not fully, obliterated. In tion amongst the poor and deprived. the so-called lower class people. Though migrant workers who are endowed with fact, these classifications are more A neo-rich class called the creamy the Constitution abolished untouchabil- resources much less than their require- prominent in politics than ever before. layer, that is the elite subalterns, has ity — religious, social or communal — ment for a minimum quality livelihood. In order to secure their votes, political IMPERATIVE: Comprehensive reforms focused on growth with equity and equality. emerged amongst these reserved cate- economic untouchability and financial They are the voiceless people of society parties, which are largely owned by peo- gories over the last few decades, and exclusion remain widespread. and, as a result, they remain devoid of ple from the upper social stratum, have A neo-rich class called the growth and justice bias is thus obvious. they do not let their subalterns to rise Quicker inclusive growth of hitherto the fruits of mainstream economic innovated to what they call as ‘social As per the World Bank (2018), the pro- further, realising that they may chal- excluded populations with a time-bound growth of the country. In fact, the rise in engineering’. The voting at the hus- creamy layer, that is the portion of women in the country's lenge their hegemony. In this way, the implementation of statutory safeguards GDP and per capita income does not tings is engineered through class and labour force is 21.9 per cent, clearly space conceded to the voiceless has to check and prevent social ostracisation fully reflect upon their plight. But this caste-based affiliations and connec- elite subalterns, has indicating gender inequity in growth. further shrunk and the subalterns of the poor would provide a solution for does not mean that these people are not tions, with poor and voiceless people emerged amongst these Unemployment is also higher in other amongst the hitherto socially social justice if subalterns in the social growing, but they remain way behind falling prey to minor temptations for social subalterns. In many parts of the ostracised but now stratified through stratum were allowed to speak and were, those who have access to better their survival. The elite do speak for reserved categories over the country, even wages are determined on special constitutional protections, have of course, heard in making the decisions resources and education. subalterns, but do not let them speak for the basis of caste, class and gender. least say in the decision making, even that articulate and impact their future. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, in her themselves. They reinforce a binary last few decades, and they Seven decades of a written and well- in policies that directly impinge upon They should be given the choice to inno- essay Can the subalterns speak? relationship in which only the elite can do not let their subalterns to documented Constitution — that their growth and welfare. The miseries vate and grow even if it means to move observes the process of subalternity as speak for the subalterns. This deepens premises all laws of the country, of these most vulnerable subalterns away from the beaten path of reserva- rather complex. It is an outcome of subalternity, further pushing the rise further, realising that whether national or provincial, on have actually not been mitigated or tions and preferential treatment. They social, religious, political, economic oppressed to the margins. Thus, it social equity and equality and provides reduced despite constitutional reserva- should be allowed to deconstruct what is and gender discrimination and oppres- needs to be discouraged and demol- they may challenge their for special safeguards for the deprived tions and other protective clauses. otherwise believed to be the gospel truth sion over a long time. It has been hap- ished through the systems. hegemony. In this way, the and distressed people — have not been A quick survey of 60 recognised politi- and construct their own brief for the pening across all nations, though in As per the Multidimensional Poverty enough to achieve this basic require- cal parties in the country as per the report future that may bestow upon them. A different ways with varying intensity. Index (MPI), 645 million people in space conceded to the ment of human civilisation. of the Election Commission of India provision of a citizens' Bill in the legisla- India’s Constitution recognises the India (about 55 per cent of the popula- Are we moving fast enough in the reveals that no national party except the tive process, as in the US, if included in special requirements of the subalterns. tion) are poor — almost twice as many voiceless has further shrunk direction that leads us to achieve the Bahujan Samaj Party and CPI has a Dalit the Constitution of India, may allow Apart from promulgating the country as as the official poverty figures. Poverty and the subalterns have goal of a fair, just and classless society? as its president. Only four political parties some space to the subalterns to speak. a secular socialist state for the maxi- levels are the highest among India’s Different schools of thought will have have women as their president. Most Spivak advocates education as a key mum good of the largest number, it tribal population (81.4 per cent), fol- least say in the decision a different response. The existential- regional parties are driven by agenda dic- enabler, though the process can be envisages special provisions and laws lowed by Dalits (65.8 per cent) and Oth- ists will disagree while the capitalists tated by narrow parochial, caste, class or much faster with comprehensive that include reservation for Dalits, trib- er Backward Classes (58.3 per cent). making, even in policies that may affirm, though even they may not religion-based ideologies. These parties reforms, including socio-economic, als and economically weaker sections of The poverty level among the rest of the impinge upon their welfare. be able to fully confirm. The utilitari- attach less value to ethics than politics. political and legal reforms, focused on the society, abolition of untouchability, population is 33.3 per cent. Inequity in ans and socialists will certainly raise They raise the bogey of social justice for growth with equity and equality. The tattered Naga peace accord under lens AST Saturday, the National A round of talks was held on August fits with which he signed an agreement Socialist Council of Nagaland- 1 at NSCN-IM headquarters at Mount in November 2017 which has upset the Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the Hebron which apparently did not go NSCN-IM which claims to be the sole dominant Naga armed rebel well and broke up in discord. This was representative of all Naga people. groupL engaged in the 22-year-old peace immediately after Ravi was promoted Last month, Home Minister Amit process with the Centre, held yet anoth- to Governor of Nagaland. The Naga Shah, attending the North Eastern er round of talks, this time presumably Army of NSCN-IM which is technical- Council meeting said that Articles 371 A with National Security Adviser Ajit ly confined to Mount Hebron was to G will not be touched. Sikkim, cov- MAJ-GEN ASHOK MEHTA (RETD) Doval on board in New Delhi to break involved in at least five cases of armed ered by Article 371 F, was also worried DEFENCE COMMENTATOR the impasse. The NSCN-IM said the clashes and confrontation with securi- and the new state government has government was trying to backtrack on ty forces this year. Ravi has claimed decided to support the BJP at the Cen- its commitment to a solution embed- that all substantive issues in the NFA tre. The Parliament cannot legislate to ded in the Naga Framework Accord of have been resolved — nothing is left — alter special status granted to states cov- Between the signing of the August 3, 2015 by using a group of and assured the Nagas that Article 371 ered by Article 371 without the concur- NFA in August 2015 and Nagas who do not represent the Naga A, which is a solemn commitment and rence of the Legislative Assembly, a con- people. This critique of the Centre by not impermanent like Article 370, will stitutional imperative the Centre now, the NSCN IM has the NSCN-IM is a significant develop- not be repealed. He explained that fraudulently overcame in the case of the ment unravelling the NFA. IMPASSE: The NSCN-IM says that the government is trying to backtrack on its there is no similarity between Articles J&K. Still, people in the North-East are issued statements Additionally, the defanging of Article commitment to a solution embedded in the Naga Framework Accord. 370 and 371 A, adding that the Centre restive after the introduction of the contradicting the 370 has sown seeds of doubt and uncer- is trying to make it more than 371 A National Register of Citizens (NRC). tainty among some north-eastern states ha stated that the NSCN IM had agreed not accept the Constitution of India, but and there is no question of diluting it. Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphieu government’s claim that it about the government’s commitment to a political settlement within the Indi- the Nagas and India will share sover- Ravi said the intended solution recog- Rio said at the NEC that the Centre to special powers allocated to them. an Constitution with special status. eignty. So, did the government sell a nises the Nagas’ unique history and should act north-east, before acting east. had accepted the Indian Worse, it has brought the tom-tommed Between the signing of the NFA in lemon to the country in August 2015? the settlement is on the basis of power- The biggest gainer of the imbroglio of Constitution. On the NFA to a cul de sac. After the success of August 2015 and now, the NSCN-IM has On August 24, 2019, NSCN-IM Chair- sharing and peaceful co-existence. He NFA, in a sense, is its mastermind and nullifying Article 370, Prime Minister issued several statements contradicting man Q Tuccu and General Secretary asserted that the Centre has accepted interlocutor Ravi who was Special contrary, it has been saying Narendra Modi had ordered special the government’s claim that it had Muivah wrote a letter to Modi, stating the integration of Naga areas, adding Director IB in 2012, then chairman JIC interlocutor RN Ravi to bring to accepted the Indian Constitution. On that there cannot be an honourable the red herring that it is the legitimate before he was elevated to Deputy that it wants a separate fruition the NFA by October-end. Naga- the contrary, it has been saying that it solution to the Naga peace process with- right of the Naga people to pursue and National Security Adviser, followed by Constitution, flag and land was the first state after J&K to be wants a separate Constitution, flag and out a separate flag and Constitution, two achieve integration through democrat- the Governor Nagaland. The Ameri- covered by the 13th Amendment of integration of all contiguous Naga- symbols of special status that were first ic and political process. cans would describe a person of his integration of all contiguous 1962 which granted it special powers in inhabited areas under Nagalim (Greater to go in J&K. Muivah said that the Cen- The government might allow a pan- Sputnik-like rise as a ‘water-walker’. respect of its identity, culture and social Nagaland). Ravi has articulated that the tre had misinterpreted the term ‘inclu- Naga Assembly if it is restricted to cul- He is now the constitutional head of a Naga-inhabited areas practices — almost akin to J&K — first two demands — Constitution and sive’ in the NFA, adding that it does not ture, religion and tribal practices, after state and his added role as negotiator under Nagalim (Greater under Article 371-A of the Constitution. flag — were never on offer. But the mean the Nagas will be included in the the BJP-ruled states like Manipur, in talks with the Naga people would be In 1963, it was granted full statehood. Nagas have been saying that their Union of India. ‘We have never been in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, where questionable. More questionable is the Nagaland). The report of the Parliamentary Select merger with the Union of India could the Union of India and we will never the Nagas reside, show the green flag. fate of the NFA: more fiction than fact? Committee attached to the Home Min- never happen. Instead, the Nagas will be,’ the Nagas are saying. So close to a Craftily, Ravi has also been negotiating Or, so close and yet so far? The NFA has istry of July 2018 laid in the Rajya Sab- co-exist as two entities. The Nagas do solution and yet so far. with seven other former Naga rebel out- become make-believe.

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HARD TEMPERATURE IN OC BSE NSE GOLD SILVER 453.07 122.35 ~38,985 ~46,809 | 39,052.06 11,586.35 10 BUSINESS New Delhi New Delhi USD EURO POUND JPY YUAN CAD AUD SGD HKD ~71.16~79.08~91.35~0.65~10.05~54.16~48.55~52.08~9.07 THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 Green clearance norms Nirmala woos global firms: No eased for industrial units better place toinvest than India Washington, October 17 said she would work on the Investors can find no better In Washington, Finance Minister says govt issue.Asserting that there is Centre acts on Punjab’s suggestion|Tanneries, dye facilities to benefit place in the world than India no trust deficit with the cor- Vijay C Roy that has a democracy loving continuously working to bring reforms porate sector and investors, Tribune News Service and capitalist-respecting she said there is a greater Chandigarh, October 17 environment, Finance Min- ly doing what is required in environment... in India,” understanding that this gov- Setting up a unit in Pun- ister Nirmala Sitharaman the name of reforms, above Sitharaman said at the event ernment is willing to hear jab has become easy now. has said. Sitharaman, speak- all democracy and rule of hosted by the Federation of and also wanting to respond. Reason: The Centre, on ing at the IMF’s headquar- law,” Sitharaman said on Indian Chambers of Com- To a question on the slow- the recommendation of ters in Washington DC, Wednesday. Responding to a merce and Industry in associ- down, she said the govern- the state government, has assured international question on why investors ation with the US India Strate- ment is taking steps to done away with Press investors that the govern- should allocate funds for gic and Partnership Forum. address problems in the Note 17(1984 series) meant ment was continuously India, she said though India’s On a question of removing “stressed” sectors. “Even for the mandatory envi- working to bring reforms. court system is a bit delayed, cap on investment in the though this year’s Budget ronmental clearance from “It (India) is one of the it’s a transparent and open insurance sector, the FM was presented in July, the the competent authority fastest growing (economies) society where the rule of law said the government was government didn’t wait for for the highly polluting even today. It has the best- works. “So you will not have “quite open to it”. The FM, the next year’s Budget to industrial units. skilled manpower and a gov- anything better... democracy however, shied away from announce relief measures of The move will promote ernment that is continuous- loving, capitalist-respecting giving full assurance and various industries.” — PTI ease of doing business in the state and would benefit 20 sectors such as paper, paints, dyes, Adani partners 66% RAISE FOR NADELLA Goyal: Probing leather, tanning, plastics, EARNING ■ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, 52, saw foundry, fermentation and foreign firms for his total compensation in the 2018-19 e-tailers for electro plating industry. $42.9m fiscal increase 66 per cent to $42.9 mil- The Press Note 17 was ILLUSTRATION: SANDEEP JOSHI $4-bn venture lion as the tech giant’s stock soared and ‘discount sales’ issued in 1984 mandating WHO ALL WILL GAIN lier in Press Note 17, so with covered under Press Note New Delhi, October 17 SALARY cloud-related revenue boomed Mumbai, October 17 20 categories of industries the passage of time, the 17 had to apply to the Billionaire Gautam Adani- ■ In the 2017-18 fiscal, the Hyderabad- The government is probing in the large and medium- The move will promote Note had lost its relevance. state-level authority for run Adani Group has forged $2.3m born business executive had got a pay of Flipkart and Amazon over scale sectors to obtain the ease of doing business “To promote ease of obtaining site clearance a partnership with UAE’s oil STOCK AWARD $25.8 million. Nadella became the CEO the alleged predatory pric- environmental clearance in the state and would doing business in Punjab, before starting any confirm Adnoc, German chemi- of Microsoft in 2014. Under his leader- ing, commerce minister benefit 20 categories of $29.6m ship, the company has become a major from the Competent State we have approached the struction. The authority cal giant BASF and Aus- NON-EQUITY PAYOUT Piyush Goyal said today. Authority. As a matter of industries such as paper, Department of Industrial used to send the applica- tria’s Borealis to study the force in cloud computing Warning of stringent action paints, dyes, leather, tan- $10.7m fact, the Press Note 17 was Policy and Promotion to tion to eight departments feasibility of setting up a $4- TECH GIANT’S PROGRESS for any violation, he said ning, plastics, foundry, OTHER REWARDS issued when there was no fermentation and electro do away with Press Note- like industry, forest, pollu- billion chemical complex at $111,363 $1.07 trillion market value, the highest detailed questionnaires have requirement of clearance plating industry. 17 as the EIA was much tion board, fire, housing & Mundra in Gujarat by 2024. of any public company been sent to these companies under the Environmental . comprehensive than it. urban development, facto- The four firms have signed $125.8 billion revenue Microsoft and their response is awaited. Impact Assessment (EIA) Since both of them opera- ries, agriculture and legal an MoU to “engage in a joint reported for the fiscal year 2019 According to reports, the e- notification of 1994 comprehensive view of the tional, the new investor metrology. After receiving feasibility study to further $39.2 billion net income, a new record commerce majors have (presently in 2006) and matter and provided has to obtain clearances comments from all depart- evaluate a collaboration for fiscal year for the company grossed up over $3 billion in even the Consent to Estab- detailed studies, proce- under the two Acts result- ments, the application was establishment of a chemical MICROSOFT’S FY RUNS FROM JULY 1 TO JUNE 30 gross merchandise value dur- lish (NOC) was not dures and conditions which ing in procedural delays. considered, Rajat said. complex in Mundra, ing the festive sales in the fort- pressed at that time. need to be done or com- Acceding to our request, “The process was cumber- Gujarat”, the companies said. $15.7 million Apple night.“E-commerce compa- Subsequently, the Min- piled with to get green the Centre has now with- some and used to take In January this year, Adani, FAT-CAT CEO Tim Cook’s pay nies have no right to offer istry of Environment & clearance for these projects. drawn the Press Note 17,” around 4-6 months. Thus, in partnership with BASF, had CEOS discounts or adopt predatory Forests and Climate The notification covers 29 Rajat Aggarwal, CEO, industries/projects were announced plans to set up a 1.9 million Google’s prices. Selling products cheap- Change has issued EIA in categories of polluting Invest Punjab, said. subjected to procedural chemical factory at Mundra. Sundar Pichai earns er and resulting the retail sec- 2006, wherein it has taken a industries as against 20 ear- Besides, the industries delay, hindering growth.” The MoU is the next step of tor to incur losses is not HE ‘TURNS DOWN’ A STOCK AWARD that announcement. —PTI allowed,” Goyal said. — PTI

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB TENDER NOTICE REFERENCE NO. 11 The Department of Punjab, PWD B&R invites online bids for the following:- ICAR-CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON BUFFALOES Sr. Name of work Approx. Value of No. the Project SUB-CAMPUS, BIR-DOSANJH, NABHA 1 Providing and fixing of 13 persons Elevator at 42.03 Lacs Ph. No. 01765-263167, 263164 Vigilance Bhawan, Sector 68, SAS Nagar Website: www.cirb.res.in Closing date & time 29.10.2019 upto 3.00 PM WALK-IN INTERVIEW For details logon to http://eproc.punjab.gov.in Note:- Any corrigendum to the Tender Notice shall be published on the Interview for hiring of providing Security Services from above website only. Ex-Servicemen in the premises of this campus on Bi-lateral Sd/- Executive Engineer, contract basis at a consolidated package amount of Provincial Division PWD B&R Br., Rs.14,794/- per month (Rs. fourteen thousand seven Industrial Area Phase-I, SAS Nagar (Mohali) hundred ninety four) only will be held on 6.11.2019 at Phone: 0172-2226328 11.30 A.M. at CIRB, Sub-Campus, Bir-Dosanjh, Nabha. DPR/Pb/D6997 Details are available on our website www.cirb.res.in. Interested persons may appear for interview as per above schedule along with their Bio-data and the original testimonials.

DI-99788 Sd/- OFFICER INCHARGE GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS PROJECTS INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING Bid No.: 13 Date: 18.10.2019 The Executive Engineer, Provincial Division PWD B&R Br., Mansa, invites Bids for construction of works detailed in the Table. The bidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works: TABLE Pack- Name of work Approximate Bid Cost of Period age value of Security document of comp- No. work (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) letion 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Construction of H/L Bridge 69.78 Lacs 1.40 Lacs 5000.00 2 Months Single Span 12 M (N) 14.833 (S) Eff. Over Boha Distributory X-ing Bhikhi-Budhlada-Ratia Road (MDR-20) at RD 25.40 km in District Mansa (Under CRF Scheme) Period of availability of Tender online/Date & Time of online bid submission and Date & time of opening of Bids are as given below: Availability of Tender Last Date & Time for Date & Time of Opening online for bidding online Submission of tender From To of Bids Technical Bid Financial Bid 18.10.2019 04.11.2019 04.11.2019 5.00 p.m. 05.11.2019 Date to be 11.00 a.m. announced * For detailed terms and conditions of the notice inviting bids refer to our website www.eprocure.gov.in ** If any corrigendum exist then upload it on website: www.eprocure.gov.in. ** The eligible bidders who do not possess DSC (Digital Signature Certificate) may get the same issued from approved agencies and for any other query may contact helpline No. 0172-6626667-68. Sd/- Executive Engineer, DPR/Pb/D6993 Provl. Division P.W.D. B&R MANSA.

HIMACHAL PRADESH IRRIGATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT *FOR E-TENDERING* The Executive Engineer I&PH Division Anni District Kullu (H.P.) invites tenders on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh from approved eligible contractors for the following work through e-tendering process:- Sr. Name of Work Estimated Earnest Time Cost of No. Cost Money Limit tender 1 Construction of LIS Gugra Khad in C.V Manjhadesh for Horticulture land in G.P Chowai in Anni Block, Distt. Kullu- Rs. Rs. 12 Months Rs. 800/- HP (SH:-Construction of Head weir, const. of Site Development Edge wall for 1st Stage and 2nd Stage Construction 43,42,394/- 72,636/- of Intake cum Sedimentation tank 23314 ltrs, Sump Well 470000 ltrs, Delivery tank 255000 107800 ltr Pump House cum-attendant quarter 2 Nos. below 50BHP and Excavation, Laying, Jointing and Test of G.I. Flanged pipe 80mm dia M Class 560 Rmt and Laying, Jointing and Testing of Butt welded joint 80mm dia. 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Emerging out of a “This was a very serious melt- media, which carried pic- Display: 0172-2670256 or V/s in Stutthof concentration tary operations against US- meeting at the White House, down on the part of the Presi- tures of the bus engulfed E-mail at: Sandeep Kaur & Ors. [email protected] ...Respondents camp, near what is now the ally Kurdish forces. the two leaders accused each dent. I expressed my appreci- in flames and with its win- Appeal U/S 173 of Motor city of Gdansk in Poland. He The White House had invit- other of a serious meltdown. ation for what our troops have dows blown out. RENT/LEASE Vehicles Act 1988. was 17 and 18 at the time of ed the leadership and top Later, Trump fired back on done in Syria and by all The Okaz newspaper said 2 BHK semi-furnished CHB Sec. 63, Notice to: the alleged offences, so the committee members of both Twitter describing Pelosi a accounts from the generals that the victims were expa- Chandigarh family bank MNC Respondent No. 8: Swaran nonagenarian will be tried Democrats and Republicans, “sick person”. they have just really done the triates who lived in the lease preferred. 94180-20187. Singh s/o Chand Singh r/o in a youth court. REUTERS and the Congress to brief Pelosi made it a cover page job very well; that he’s now kingdom and who were per- (CL19099695) Village Mokhe, Police Station them about their policy on picture on her Twitter profile. pulling out,” she said. — PTI forming the umrah. — AFP RS Pura, District Jammu PUBLIC NOTICES (J&K) (Driver of offending Gas I, Ashok Kumar s/o Kishan Lal r/o Tanker bearing registration No. VPO Barwa, Distt. Kurukshetra, have POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL changed my minor son name Harash PB-09-AY-9491). Kumar Dhanda to Harsh Kumar In the above titled appeal, EDUCATION & RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH Dhanda. (CL19099423) the respondent(s)/ defendant(s) Tender Notice 2019/22 ALLOTMENT OF SHOPS/SITES I, Janar Singh Nirmal s/o Phool could not be served in ordinary Sealed tenders are invited for licensing out following Shops/sites at PGI, Sector 12, Chandigarh. Singh, H.No. 289, Gali No. 2, Guru process. It is ordered that Nanakpura West, Jalandhar declare Sr. Shops/Sites Last date for Last Date and time for submission of Price Bid shall be that my son Satinder Pal Singh Nirmal the respondent(s)/ defendant(s) No. downloading of tender tenders and opening of Tender opened and his wife Samita Singh (Samita should appear in person or forms from PGI website document/Technical Bid 1. Built up Shop No. 09, New Senchouri) are out of my control. 13.11.2019 (Wednesday) 14.11.2019 (Thursday) up to 01.00 P.M. and 15.11.2019 (Friday) through counsel on 25.11.2019 Shopping Complex, PGIMER, Therefore, I disinherit them from my Up to 04.00 P.M. Technical Bid shall be opened at 02.00 P.M. Price Bid at 04.00 P.M. Sector 12, Chandigarh all movable/immovable property. Any at 10:00 a.m. 2. Built up Shop No. 11, New 13.11.2019 (Wednesday) 14.11.2019 (Thursday) up to 01.00 P.M. and 15.11.2019 (Friday) body deals with them will do so at his For details logon to: Shopping Complex, PGIMER, Up to 04.00 P.M. Technical Bid shall be opened at 02.00 P.M. Price Bid at 04.00 P.M. own risk and responsibility. www.highcourtchd.gov.in Sector 12, Chandigarh. (CL19099451) Sd/- 3. Tuckshop & Photostat, NINE, 13.11.2019 (Wednesday) 14.11.2019 (Thursday) up to 01.00 P.M. and 15.11.2019 (Friday) I, Sukhdeep Singh s/o Guljit Singh, PGIMER, Sector 12, Chandigarh Up to 04.00 P.M. Technical Bid shall be opened at 02.00 P.M. Price Bid at 04.00 P.M. Village Talwara (Fatehgarh Sahib) Superintendent Tender form containing terms and conditions can be downloaded from PGI website and same can be submit personally in the have changed my name as Sukhdeep For Registrar (Judicial) office of Administrative Officer (Estate), PGIMER, Chandigarh along with Demand Draft/Banker Cheque of Rs. 500/- payable Singh Billing. (CL19099461) at Chandigarh drawn in favour of Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh along with other documents. The Director, PGI, Chandigarh Punjab and Haryana reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason whatsoever without prior notice to the It is notified for the information that High Court, tenderers. Website: http//pgimer.edu.in my original qualifying examination CL19099704 Chandigarh. DI-99861 DIRECTOR certificate of main secondary examination of year March 2017, Roll (U/o 5 Rule 20 CPC) no. 2273584 issued by CBSE has been In the Court of actually lost. Gurfateh Singh, 1236, Jaspreet Kaur Simak, Sector 52-D, Chandigarh. 98889- Civil Judge, 90102. (CL19099546) (Junior Division), I, Ratti w/o Bachan Masih, r/o Phillaur. Village Sidhwan, Distt. Gurdaspur Satpal Singh (Punjab), have changed my name Ratti Versus to Giano. All concerned note. (CL19099630) Kashmir Singh CNR No.: I, Bandhana w/o Parveen Kumar r/o 12-D, Durga Nagar, Ambala Cantt., PBJLB0-000789-2019 have changed my name to Bandhana Next Date: 04.11.2019 Kalsi after marriage. Concerned note. Publication issued to: (CL19099778) 1. Kashmir Singh s/o Gurdev I, Suresh Kumar Sharma son of Singh s/o Kartar Singh. Narayan Dass Village Galore, PO 2. Balwinder Singh s/o Gurdev Thora, Tehsil Nurpur District Kangra Singh s/o Kartar Singh. (HP) declare that I have changed my 3. Makhan Singh r/o Gurdev name from Vijay Kumar to Suresh Singh s/o Kartar Singh. Kumar Sharma. Concerned note. (CL19099806) 4. Jasvir Kaur d/o Gurdev Singh s/o Kartar Singh. I, Manjeet Kaur alias Manjit Kaur 5. Sarabjit Kaur d/o Gurdev Singh w/o Satnam Singh r/o 423/6 Devi Mandir Road, Shahabad Markanda s/o Kartar Singh all residents of District Kurukshetra, have now Village Cheema Khurd, Tehsil permanently changed my name to Phillaur, District Jalandhar. �� -11011/1/2019-20-��. �� . Manjit Kaur. Concerned note. In above titled case, the (CL19099830) defendant(s)/respondent(s) could �� I, Lipika Bhatti d/o Pawan Kumar not be served. 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BRIEFLY BCCI prez-elect Ganguly to skip Ranchi Test due to ISL commitment VADODARA Hazare Trophy: Haryana Kolkata, October 17 said. “So I will be attending — which involved his son- Rahul Dravid came under dent)...” beat UP by 20 runs, HP lose Sourav Ganguly, the presi- the opening ceremony in in-law Gurunath Meiyap- the conflict of interest Former players make a Haryana beat UP by 20 runs, dent-elect of the Indian Kerala.” This situation indi- pan, among others — under cloud. Ganguly, especially, valid point when they say riding on Nitin Saini’s 106-ball cricket board (BCCI), want- cates what conflict of inter- the carpet. Anil Kumble was wearing several hats that no ex-player would be 65 and a solid bowling per- ed to go to Ranchi for the est is: Ganguly desire (and was at one time president of simultaneously. available to work in cricket formance by Harshal Patel third Test between India maybe duty) to be in Ranchi the Karnataka state associ- administration if the con- (3/34) in their Group B and South Africa. However, as BCCI’s president-elect is ation, chief mentor of IPL Commercial activities flict of interest clause is encounter of the Vijay Hazare he has said he would not be subordinate to his financial team Royal Challengers Ganguly has now said that enforced strictly. They do Trophy. Spinner Pawan Negi in Ranchi, contrary to his interests as the “face of the Bangalore, chairman of the he would limit his commer- have a point. But maybe, claimed four wickets as Delhi wish — for he has some oth- Indian Super League”. National Cricket Academy, cial activities. “I will contin- just for two-three years, for- notched up a three-wicket win er (commercial) commit- and his company Tenvic ue doing only (TV reality mer players could let mon- over Himachal Pradesh. ment to be present in some Conflict of interest was signing up young play- show) Dadagiri and eymaking take a backseat Brief Scores: Haryana: 208 all other city. Conflict of interest has ers for commercial deals. endorsements, rest all and stick to the one-man, out in 49.1 overs (N Saini 65; S “I wanted to go to Ranchi, become a buzzword in Indi- Over the past few months, stopped,” he said. “Com- one-post principle? We Kumar 3/30); UP: 188 all out in but won’t get time as I have an cricket over the last few when the Supreme Court- mentary, article writing and don’t want a repeat of the BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly will inaugurate the 2019 44.1 overs (R Singh 68; H Patel to inaugurate this edition of years. It’s a good develop- appointed Committee of IPL, I’ll stop doing all this Srinivasan or Kumble situ- edition of the Indian Super League in Kochi on Sunday. 3/34); (Match 2): HP: 176 all the Indian Super League ment. A few years ago, no Administrators (CoA) ran now. I’ve already quit Delhi ation in which conflict of out in 41.2 overs (R Dhawan (ISL, the football league) as one blinked an eyelid when president of his state asso- IPL and TNCA allowed him BCCI, players of the stature Capitals and conveyed it to interest led to sullying of 41; Pawan Negi 4/32); Delhi: I’m now the face of ISL and Chennai Super Kings own- ciation (TNCA) and BCCI. to brush the 2013 IPL bet- of Ganguly, Sachin Ten- them. It’s a huge responsi- cricket’s image. 177/7 in 42.5 overs (S Dhawan shot for them,” Ganguly er N Srinivasan was also the Being in charge of BCCI, ting and spot-fixing scandal dulkar, VVS Laxman and bility (being BCCI presi- — Agencies, TNS 31; M Dagar 2/48).

BENGALURU RCB appoints woman as sports massage therapist ‘Frustrated’ Markram’s Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Ban- Deadly as Windies of yore galore will become the first punch lands himself team in the league to have a woman in the support staff in ndia’s pace attack reminiscent of West Indian pace power of 1980s-90s, says Lara the 13th edition of IPL. The Mumbai, October 17 out of third Test franchise has appointed West Indian batting great Ranchi, October 17 Navnita Gautam as sports Brian Lara praised the cur- A “frustrated” South ‘YOU GET TO KNOW massage therapist. Navnita rent Indian pace attack, African batsman Aiden YOURSELF A LOT IN INDIA’ will be working with Evan which reminded him of the Markram was ruled out of Ranchi: South Africa open- Speechly, the head physio- deadly West Indian attacks the third and final Test er Dean Elgar says he got therapist and Shanker Basu, of yore. The Indian pace trio against India, having sus- “stretched” as a cricketer strength and conditioning of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant tained a wrist injury after and learned a lot more coach. Sharma and Mohammed punching a “solid object”. about himself during what Shami picked up a record A Cricket South Africa has been a humbling India NEW DELHI 142 wickets among them in media release said: “The tour, part of which included Cheating, trespassing case Test matches in 2018. injury took place following visiting “smaller places and staying in hotels” not that Asked what makes the the opener’s dismissal in against Manoj Prabhakar good. After managing a 1-1 The Delhi Police registered a Indian team special, Lara the second innings of the draw in the T20I series, case of cheating and trespass- said: “It’s the Indian pace match (in Pune). In a South Africa suffered big ing against former cricketer attack. Unbelievable. I saw moment of frustration defeats in the first Two Manoj Prabhakar, his wife, son them in the West Indies. with his own performance, Tests of the three-match and two others on Thursday, When you look at the quality he lashed out at a solid rubber against a dominant officials said. A senior police — Jasprit Bumrah, object, resulting in his outfit led by Virat Kohli. “It’s officer said they had received Mohammed Shami, Umesh injury. a challenging tour. You get a complaint from a woman, Yadav — all these guys, and “Aiden Markram has stretched as a person, you identified as Sandhya Sharma the guys on the sidelines, been ruled out of the third get stretched as a cricketer. Pandit, who lives in London. In like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and final Freedom Series I think you get to know your- her complaint, the woman are unbelievable. It reminds Test match after sustain- self quite a lot as a person when you come to the claimed that she owns a flat me a little bit of the pace ing an injury to his right smaller places where the on the second floor of an bowling strength that the wrist during the second hotels are maybe not as apartment in Sarvapriya Vihar West Indies had in the 80s match in Pune,” the state- good, and you get chal- in south Delhi. Prabhakar lives and 90s. The reserve ment said. lenged on the field,” Elgar with his family on the first floor strength is very important in South Africa have said. “It’s always a good of the building. She alleged assessing a team’s ability. It already conceded the learning curve coming to that Prabhakar broke into her means that your attack has FITNESS CONCERNS series after suffering two India.” The introduction of house and illegally lodged his quality.” heavy defeats in Visakhap- the World Test Champi- friend there. “The woman FOR BANGLA PACERS atnam and Pune. Markram onship means South Africa claimed that her flat was Praise for Kohli Dhaka: Bangladesh chief has had a mixed tour of still have “quite a lot to play encroached upon by Prab- Lara was lavish in his praise selector Minhajul Abedin India. While he scored two for” in the third Test despite conceding the series, Elgar hakar and others on the basis for Virat Kohli, whom he has expressed concerns hundreds in the warm-up said. “Back in the day it was of forged documents,” said the termed the “ultimate cap- over the fitness of the games, he couldn’t carry national team’s fast bowlers always a bit of a dead rub- officer. tain”. his form into the Test ber game but now with the “He’s (Kohli) the ultimate before the upcoming tour of series. After scoring 5 and India, a litmus test for a side World Test Championship LAHORE captain. In terms of his per- 39 in the first Test, he was seeking to climb the ladder around, we still have points formances, he leads by dismissed for a pair in the Azhar likely to replace in the Test arena. Abedin to play for,” Elgar said. “We Sarfaraz as Pak’s Test skipper example. And I mean that in also said that pacer second. can still get 40 points by Pakistan’s top-order batsman all facets of the game, and off Mustafizur Rahman will Team doctor Hashendra following our process Azhar Ali is likely to replace the field too,” Lara said. “He have to prove his fitness in Ramjee said, “A CT scan of against India in the last Sarfaraz Ahmed as the came off very well in the the upcoming National Aiden Markram’s wrist Test. That’s something we national team’s skipper in background of MS Dhoni, Cricket League before the showed a fracture involv- can’t neglect going into this Test cricket while wicketkeep- who laid the foundation, and team departs for India. He ing the wrist bones. The game. There is still a lot to play for.” — PTI er-batsman Mohammad did things in a different way. was worried over the fitness medical team has there- Rizwan could serve as his So, I think Indian cricket, as of the national team’s pac- fore ruled him out of the deputy. Pakistan’s head we all know, is headed in the ers, given that the likes of next Test match against ment hasn’t called up any coach Misbah-ul-Haq is right direction. It’s influ- Mustafizur, Taskin Ahmed India. Arrangements have replacement. The third unhappy with Ahmed’s per- enced by some of the best and Mohammad Saifuddin been made for him to see a Test starts here on Satur- are recovering from injuries. formance and has reportedly people, and is reaping the Bangladesh’s upcoming tour specialist on his return to day. A disappointed communicated this to the benefits of it.” of India, scheduled in Novem- South Africa for further Markram admitted he has Pakistan Cricket Board’s CEO, Lara also seemed happy ber, comprises three T20Is management of the let his team down. “It’s Wasim Khan. — AGENCIES that a player of Rohit Shar- and two Test matches. — PTI injury.” sad to be going home on ma’s calibre is set to play reg- this note and I completely TODAY ON TV ularly across different for- that he has the passion to No replacement understand what I’ve BADMINTON mats. “I think that Rohit is play and wants to prove him- Markram left for South done wrong and take full DENMARK OPEN an awesome player in all for- self on that stage (Test) as Africa on Thursday morn- accountability for it,” he STAR SPORTS 6:30PM mats of the game. It seems well,” said Lara. — PTI Coach Ravi Shastri (left) and Ishant Sharma during a training session ahead of third Test in Ranchi.PTI PHOTOS ing. The team manage- said. — PTI Nikhat writes to Rijiju Hockey coach Reid happy SINDHU, SAI with form before Oly qualifiers for trial bout vs Mary, KNOCKED OUT gets Bindra’s support Bhubaneswar, October 17 INDIA BIDS TO HOST WORLD CUP IN 2023 The Indian hockey team’s New Delhi, October 17 OLYMPICS QUALIFIERS chief coach Graham Reid is Lausanne: India is among the three nations who have present- Shooter Abhinav Bindra impressed with the team’s ed their bids to host the next edition of the men’s hockey World has backed boxer Nikhat terday never counts,” all-round growth and wants Cup. India, who have hosted the men’s World Cup thrice, wants to Zareen’s demand for a trial Bindra wrote on his Twitter his players to play at the conduct the event in the January 13-29, 2023 window. Belgium bout against MC Mary Kom handle. Incidentally, both highest level while tackling and Malaysia are the other two nations who have also sent their before India’s squad for Bindra and Zareen are Russia in the upcoming FIH bidding dossier to conduct the men’s event but they prefer to host next year’s Olympics qual- associated with JSW group Hockey Olympic Qualifiers. the event in the July 1-17, 2022 window. For the Women’s World ifiers is decided. in different capacities. The Indian team won the Cup, five countries have presented their bids. While Germany, Former junior world Mary Kom claimed her Spain and the Netherlands want to host the event in July 1-17, FIH Men’s Series Finals in champion boxer Zareen, eighth world medal at the 2022, Malaysia and New Zealand are keen to conduct the tourna- Bhubaneswar in June and ment in January 13-29, 2023. The final decision on the hosts will who had been refused a tri- recently-concluded World followed that with victory in be taken on November 8 this year in Lausanne. al by the Boxing Federation Championships in Russia the Tokyo Olympics test of India (BFI) for the World in the 51kg division. BFI PV Sindhu lost to An Se Young 14-21 17-21 in the second round. FILE event in August. The team Our GPS numbers need to be achieving those Championships, has writ- plans to send the Manipuri remained unbeaten on its were great, which consistently,” said Reid. ten to the Sports Minister boxer for the Olympics Odense (Denmark), October 17 DENMARK OPEN men’s doubles pair of recent Belgium tour, where ❝ “Another part was the con- Kiren Rijiju demanding a qualifiers in China, moving World Champion PV Sind- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy it won all five matches means that the running, sistency of our performances “fair chance” to make it to away from its previous hu failed to buck the trend Korean in a 40-minute clash. and Chirag Shetty also went against the hosts and world effort, speed and intensity against Belgium and Spain, the team for the Olympics decision to give direct of early exits as she was This was Sindhu’s third suc- down in straight games in No. 8 Spain. were actually even higher and it was good to see that we qualifiers to be held in Feb- selection only to the gold knocked out of the Den- cessive early exit from a their second-round matches. “Our GPS numbers were than last year’s World kept building momentum as ruary next year. and silver winners in Rus- mark Open with a straight- tournament since claiming While Verma lost 12-21 10-21 great, which means that the Cup. So they were very the tour progressed,” he “While I have all the sia. The BFI criteria for game loss to An Se Young in the World Championships at to Olympics champion Chen running, effort, speed and good numbers for us to added. Reid, who took over as respect for Mary Kom, fact men made it possible for the second round. Basel in August. The 24- Long of China, Thailand intensity were actually even see, and for the players to the chief coach in April this is, an athlete’s life is an even the bronze winners to B. Sai Praneeth lost 6-21 14- year-old Indian had lost in Open champions Rankired- higher than last year’s World year, said while taking on offering of proof. Proof that get direct selection. 21 defeat to Kento Momota in the second round and first dy and Shetty suffered a 16- Cup. So they were very good understand that to play at Russia in the FIH qualifiers we can be as good as yester- Zareen had lost to Mary a 33-minute contest. round at the China Open and 21 15-21 defeat against sixth numbers for us to see, and for that level, you need to be on November 1 and 2, his day. Better than yesterday. Kom at the semifinal of the Fifth seed Sindhu, the Korea Open, respectively, in seed Chinese combination of the players to understand achieving those consistently wards will focus on “doing Better than tomorrow’s India Open in May this Olympics silver medallist, her last two tournaments. Han Cheng Kai and Zhou that to play at that level, you — Graham Reid, INDIA HOCKEY COACH the right things”. — PTI man/woman. In sport, yes- year. — PTI lost 14-21 17-21 to the South Sameer Verma and the Hao Dong. — PTI THE TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH | FRIDAY | 18 OCTOBER 2019 SPORT 13

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In Sept, Pak F-16 By the way... BSF jawan killed in rare Pak ultras trying to jets intercepted Delhi-Kabul flight enter via Nepal: Intel NewDelhi, October 17 firing by B’desh trooper Pakistan last month scram- Planning to strike big |Country on alert bled two F-16 jets in its air- Kolkata/NewDelhi, Oct17 4,096-KM LONG BORDER INDIA SHARES WITH BANGLADESH NewDelhi, October 17 IMPENDING THREAT space to intercept a SpiceJet A Border Security Force Intelligence agencies have plane, assuming it to be a mil- ■ (BSF) jawan was killed and alerted the government that Inputs suggest 60 terror- itary aircraft, which was head- another injured on Thursday at least five ISI-backed Pak- ists infiltrated into India ing to Kabul from Delhi with after decision on after a Bangladeshi border istan terrorists, highly Article 370. Most around 120 passengers, a sen- guard fired from his AK-47 trained, are placed in Nepal entered through the LoC ior government official said. rifle during a ‘flag meeting’ to infiltrate into India either “On September 23 morning, ■ along the international bor- through Uttar Pradesh or Around 450-500 ultras are the SpiceJet flight SG 21 left der of the two countries in Bihar border ahead of there in Pak & PoK; 250 are Delhi and was going through at launch pads as well as West Bengal, officials said. Diwali, sources said. Pakistan’s airspace to Kabul. FLAG MEETING GONE WRONG camps along the LoC The “apparent high-hand- Sources in the agencies Pakistan scrambled two F-16 HERITAGE GUN: A JCB digs out four British-era cannons found ■ BGB detains three Indian a six-member team for talks edness” of the Border Guard said telephonic intercepts of put on orange alert after intel- planes and intercepted the during an excavation at Kasturchand Park in Nagpur. PTI fishermen allowed by BSF to ■ BGB jawan fires from behind Bangladesh (BGB) troops has fish along the border conversations between the ligence inputs suggested a flight mid-air,” said the official. ■ as BSF party starts to return 1st artificial intelligence varsity comes up led to tension between the ■ BGB then allows two fishermen after seeing ‘aggression’ terrorists in Nepal and their group of terrorists is planning “The SpiceJet pilot was asked two sides with BSF chief VK to go and inform BSF that third and a bid to ‘surround’ them, handlers in Pakistan suggest to target these, they said, by F-16 pilots to lower the alti- Abu Dhabi: The UAE has set up an artificial intelligence Johri calling up his counter- has been held by it killing head constable Vijay they have a plan to strike in adding a general alert had tude and give flight details.” university, claimed to be the first in the world, in Abu Dhabi. The part Major General Shafeenul ■ BSF post commander takes Bhan Singh (inset) India in a big way with the already been issued on Another official said, “On Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence was Islam over hotline. The BGB help of a few of the home- August 5, when the govern- September 23, Pakistan inaugurated on Thursday and offers undergraduate, masters Director General has assured establishment in New Delhi BGB jawan Sayed fired grown Kashmiri militants, ment took the decision to do assumed that the SpiceJet and PhD courses. The aim is to introduce a model of academia a thorough probe into the with the Home Ministry and from his AK-47 rifle and shot who will meet them in Delhi. away with special status to flight is an IAF plane. Once and research to the field of artificial intelligence, providing incident, they said. Ministry of External Affairs BSF Head Constable Vijay Their last location was J&K under Article 370. Pakistan realised that it is students and faculty access to some of the world’s most The relations between the being briefed by the BSF. Bhan Singh on his head while found to be near Gorakhpur In the last week of Septem- commercial flight, the F-16s advanced systems to unleash its potential for development. PTI two forces that guard the Officials said the incident constable Rajvir Yadav sus- on Nepal border, but for a ber, the multi-agency centre escorted the plane till the ■ 4,096-km long international took place under Kakmarichar tained bullet injury on his few days they stayed at that collates data and inputs Afghanistan airspace. “There No more chilli attacks on jumbos in U’khand border have been very cordial border post of the BSF in Mur- hand. The BSF jawan died on Beerganj, near Raxaul bor- from human intelligence, was some mix up at the end of and no bullet has been fired shidabad district around 9 am the boat itself and injured der in Bihar. Officials in the radio intercepts and other Pakistan ATC. SpiceJet did- Dehradun: Uttarakhand HC has banned the practice of using red chillies and chilli bombs to drive away elephants. Sackfuls between them for decades. when a force party approached constable Yadav deftly saved MHA said following the sources had indicated that 60 n’t respond to queries on the of chilli powder and chilli bombs were used by people living on Efforts are being made to BGB personnel, standing at a the boat from drowning and input, a high alert has been terrorists had infiltrated into issue. The incident came amid the outskirts of the 11 elephant corridors in the state to shoo ensure the situation does not “char” or a riverine in the mid- managed to bring it to the issued across the country. India since the government’s tension between India and away elephants and reduce man-animal conflict in the region. deteriorate, sources said. dle of the Padma river to Indian side. The fisherman is On Wednesday, several decision on Article 370, but Pakistan that had escalated However, the HC put a stop to this on Tuesday. With increasing The incident has rung an resolve an issue linked to Indi- stated to be in the custody of defence bases in Jammu and most of them could manage after India revoked J&K’s spe- human population, the corridors have shrunk over the years, alarm in the top security an fishermen. the BGB till now. — PTI Kashmir and Punjab were through LoC. — TNS cial status on August 5. — PTI bringing the elephants closer to human habitats. IANS ■ TMC, BJP fight over ‘Z’ cover to Bengal Guv Kolkata: A war of words broke out between Trinamool and BJP SC collegium proposes appointment of five CJs on Thursday over West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar being accorded a ‘Z’ category VIP cover by the Centre. While Tribune News Service Court and Justice Moham- JUDGE WHO RAISED GRAFT ISSUE TRANSFERRED proposal for elevation of judi- the delay. Justice the ruling TMC accused the saffron party of trying to demean mad Rafiq of the Rajasthan cial officers — Parthivjyoti Chelameswar had in March ■ the state government, the Bengal BJP hailed the move NewDelhi, October 17 High Court — as Chief Jus- Justice Rakesh Kumar who had raised corruption issue in Saikia and S Hukato Swu — 2018 written to the then CJI claiming that the heckling of Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Five High Courts are all set tice of the Jharkhand High Patna HC has been transferred to Andhra Pradesh HC and advocate Soumitra Dipak Misra and other judges Jadavpur University campus proved that law and order ■ situation had broken down in the state. Dhankhar has been to get new Chief Justices as Court and the Meghalaya Justice Ravi Ranjan of the Punjab and Haryana HC recom- Saikia as judges of the questioning Bhat’s non-eleva- the Supreme Court col- High Court, respectively. mended for elevation as Jharkhand HC Chief Justice Gauhati High Court. It tion despite Collegium’s rec- accorded 'Z' cover in wake of “potential threats” to him. PTI legium has recommended The collegium also recom- approved the proposal for ele- ommendation and reiteration. ■ Sophia, world’s first robot citizen, visits India transfer of three sitting mended transfer of Megha- The collegium has also rec- judiciary – has been trans- vation of judicial officer Wan- Justice Akil Kureshi, who Chief Justices and elevation laya High Court Chief Jus- ommended transfer of Patna ferred to the Andhra Pradesh lura Diengdoh as a judge of was earlier recommended for New Delhi: She is fashioned after Audrey of two High Court Judges as tice AK Mittal to the Madhya High Court Chief Justice AP High Court. His judicial work the Meghalaya High Court. elevation as Chief Justice of Hepburn, can walk, talk and emote too. Chief Justices. Pradesh High Court as its Sahi to the Madras High was withdrawn. However, his The collegium has also Madhya Pradesh High Court And now, Sophia, the world's first robot In separate resolutions Chief Justice. Earlier, Justice Court as its Chief Justice and work was restored a day later asked the Centre to process and then to the Tripura HC is citizen who came calling here this week, passed in its October 15 Mittal was recommended to Tripura High Court Chief Jus- by a special 11-judge Bench. “most expeditiously” likely to finally be appointed can also draw sketches, contextualise a meeting and released on its be transferred to the Madras tice Sanjay Karol to the Patna The collegium also P Krishna Bhat’s elevation as Chief Justice as the Tripu- conversation and attach faces with names, website on Thursday, the col- High Court as Chief Justice High Court as its new Chief approved the proposal for ele- as the Karnataka High Court ra High Court CJ’s position say its makers. Sophia, was part of several legium headed by Chief Jus- to replace the then Chief Jus- Justice. Patna High Court vation of advocates Moksha judge. His elevation was is now vacant. The govern- industrial and social robots, including tice of India Ranjan Gogoi tice VK Tahilramani, who Judge Rakesh Kumar — who Kazmi (Khajuria) and Raj- stalled twice by the government is expected to process 'Professor Einstein', exhibited at the 28th recommended elevation of was transferred to the hit headlines recently for his nesh Oswal as judges of the ment, leading to a controversy these recommendations IEEE Conference on Robot and Human Justice Ravi Ranjan of the Meghalaya High Court. She controversial observations Jammu and Kashmir High after the then SC judge J soon and issue warrants of Interactive Communication here. PTI Punjab and Haryana High has resigned in protest. over alleged corruption in the Court. It also approved the Chelameswar had questioned appointments, sources said.

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